EC youth held over father’s death

A young man was arrested on Monday in connection with the death of his father at the weekend.
Police spokesman Captain Jackson Manatha said: “Willowvale police arrested a 23-year-old man for [the] alleged murder of his father.
“The suspect was arrested on Monday at about 8pm at Mandluntsha locality, Mboya village, Willowvale.
“It is alleged that the suspect had a quarrel with his father, 48, on Sunday at about 5.30pm.
“The father was stabbed in the upper body.
“He [the father] ran into the nearby bushes,” he said.
Manatha added when members of the community decided to go looking for the missing father, they found him dead.
Manatha said the reason for the quarrel was unknown.
The youth is due to appear in the Willowvale magistrate’s court on Wednesday. He will face a charge of murder...

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