A 30-year-old man from Chuave is now detained at Kundiawa police for stabbing another man to death for taking his K5 that was inside his house.
Chimbu Provincial Police Commander Superintendent Mazuc Rubiang confirmed that the incident happened on May 9 at Laiya village, Siane LLG, Chuave District of Chimbu Province.
He said, according to the police report, the deceased, who is identified as Oscar Joseph, was with the suspect when the argument regarding the K5 started that led to his death. Police officers in Kundiawa were later informed of the incident, visited the crime scene, and apprehended the suspect, who has been charged and detained at the police station awaiting his court date.
PPC Rubiang also added that in another incident, also in Chuave, the first wife of a man had stabbed his second wife with a kitchen knife, who also died and is now at Kundiawa Hospital. He said that according to the police report, the wives of the man had an argument regarding a coffee garden, which the first wife claimed was hers, and the second wife was found picking the coffee.
“The first wife, who was not happy with that, approached her in the coffee garden and started an argument that led to a fight. In the process of fighting, they fell down and rolled off down the ground, going down the mountain in the coffee garden. While rolling, the first wife pulled out the kitchen knife and stabbed her. She died due to loss of blood,” PPC Rubiang said.
PPC Rubiang added that she was taken to Kundiawa police station, where she was charged and detained in the cell.
He said both suspects are now detained at Kundiawa police station, awaiting their court date.