Eastern Cape woman held for murder

A 38-year-old woman accused of stabbing her husband to death has been arrested in Qhuthubeni near Ngcobo, Eastern Cape police said.

She was taken into custody on Sunday after the man was killed, said Lt-Col Mzukisi Fatyela.

Apparently the couple had a quarrel and the 44-year-old husband threatened to stab her.

"She overpowered him and stabbed him several times," he said.

The woman would appear in the Ngcobo Magistrate's Court on Tuesday, said Fatyela.

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