A 44-year-old man was arrested by the Primrose police, last Sunday.<\/p>\n
The man was arrested in the Makause informal settlement and charged with murder.<\/p>
\u201cOfficers were alerted to the incident and raced to the scene where they found a man on the ground with a stab wound in his upper body,\u201d said Sgt Styles Maome, communications officer for the Primrose police.<\/p>\n
Paramedics were summoned to the scene and declared the victim dead.<\/p>
\u201cDuring the police\u2019s investigation it was revealed that the victim was allegedly stabbed by his best friend.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt is reported the accused stabbed the victim after he bragged about having an affair with his wife,\u201d said Maome.<\/p>\n
The man was arrested and later confessed to the crime.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe told officers he had stabbed his friend but he was not aware that he was dead,\u201d said Maome.<\/p>\n
He was detained at the Primrose Police Station pending his appearance in the Germiston Magistrate\u2019s Court.<\/p>\n
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