Woman stabs American man in Johannesburg

14 January 2013 - 12:31
By Sapa
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A 41-year-old American man has been stabbed to death in Johannesburg, police said

He and a 29-year-old woman arrived at a flat in Illovo at 3am, said Lt-Col Lungelo Dlamini.

When the guard heard a woman screaming, he went to investigate, and saw the woman with a knife in her hand.

The man had been stabbed, he said. The man died on the scene.

Police arrested the woman and seized a knife, said Dlamini.

He said the motive for the murder was being investigated.

The woman would appear in the Johannesburg Magistrate’s Court on Monday.