Perp Pops Pills, Survives Murder/Suicide

"Johannesburg, S.A. - A 25-year-old man was arrested in Garankuwa on Tuesday for allegedly killing his girlfriend, Pretoria police said.

"The man was arrested at the George Mukhari hospital around midnight for allegedly killing the 24-year-old woman at his room on Sunday.

"`He tried to commit suicide after he hit her with a blunt object in her face,` said spokesman Inspector Mattews Nkoadi.

"`After the murder he swallowed a large amount of pills but he was taken to hospital by his friends minutes after. We arrested him after we found a suicide note which he wrote admitting the crime,` said Nkoadi."

From www.iol.ca.za...