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The man captured on video viciously stabbing a woman, said to be his wife, several times at a student residence in Belhar in the Western Cape on Saturday morning has been arrested and is in hospital under police guard.
Police spokesperson FC van Wyk said a 30-year-old man was arrested and the Belhar police registered an attempted murder case following a stabbing incident where a 26-year-old woman student was injured.
“Circumstances surrounding this stabbing incident are under investigation. The injured victim was transported to a nearby medical facility for treatment. Investigations continue,” said Van Wyk.
A spokesperson for the Cape Peninsula University of Technology (CPUT) Lauren Kansley said the university offered assistance to students who may have been traumatised by the incident.
“The incident happened at a privately owned residence. The female student sustained serious injuries and has been transferred to Tygerberg Hospital for emergency surgery.
Gasant Abarder,
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