Family of UWC stabbing suspect asks for privacy

CAPE TOWN - The family of 32-year-old Ntembeko Myalo are pleading for privacy.

He was caught on camera stabbing his wife, Sinoxolo, at a private student residence in the Western Cape.

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Students who witnessed the incident say they're still traumatised and are receiving counselling.

Myalo is behind bars after the incident on Saturday.

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Eyewitnesses say a bystander disarmed the perpetrator.

The Cape Peninsula University of Technology has appealed to political parties to stop politicising the tragic incident.

* eNCA’s Nobesuthu Hejana reports.