KUGOMPO CITY – The Hawks have arrested a 30-year-old man in connection with the fatal stabbing of a 48-year-old police sergeant in Duncan Village, KuGompo City, on Sunday, 11 October.

The officer was allegedly stabbed at a residential property in Gardenia Street at about 16:30.

According to Hawks spokesperson Warrant Officer Ndiphiwe Mhlakuvana, the KuGompo Hawks’ Serious Organised Crime Investigation team is investigating the murder alongside Duncan Village SAPS and the Provincial Local Criminal Record Centre.

Preliminary information indicates that the officer and the suspect occupied separate rented rooms at the same property. She lived in an upstairs room, while the suspect occupied a basement room.

It is alleged that the suspect’s mother had an arrangement with the officer to check on her son periodically, as he reportedly suffers from a medical condition.

On the day of the incident, the officer allegedly went to the suspect’s room to enquire about his well-being. The interaction reportedly escalated into an argument, during which the suspect allegedly produced a knife and stabbed her.

She died from her injuries.

The suspect was arrested in connection with the murder. He is receiving medical treatment in hospital for knife wounds and remains under police guard.

He is expected to appear before the KuGompo Magistrate’s Court in due course.

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