Man Stabs Wife to Death After Argument While Trying to Bring Her Home

Wife who left home is stabbed to death after argument when husband goes to bring her back

November 6

In Kawthaung Township, Tanintharyi Region, a marital argument escalated into a murder, leaving the wife dead, it is learned.

The stabbing occurred around midday yesterday, November 5, at No. 462/B, Sanpya (2) Street, Kyay Nan Quarter, Aung Thukha Ward, Kawthaung Township, it is learned, and the killing reportedly happened when an argument broke out as he tried to persuade his wife to reconcile.

"On November 2, the husband and wife argued and the woman took the child and went down to her parents' house in Aung Thukha Ward. On the morning of the 5th, when her husband came to fetch her, they argued back and forth, and her husband grabbed a knife nearby and stabbed her," a local resident said.

The deceased was identified as Ma Khin Mar Mar Thet, 35, and the perpetrator as Aung Myo Htun (alias) Thar Lay, 36, who has a 3-year-old daughter, it is learned.

The body of the deceased has currently been sent to Kawthaung Township General Hospital, it is learned, and the male perpetrator has been charged and action taken by Kawthaung Myoma Police Station, it is learned.

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