Police investigate alleged murder of a woman in Navua

Police are investigating the alleged murder of a 59-year-old woman in Naitata, Navua after her body was found with multiple wounds.

Assistant Commissioner of Police – Crime (ACP) Mesake Waqa says the matter was reported by the victim's husband, who, upon his return from Suva yesterday afternoon, found her lying motionless with multiple wounds in an area they used for farming.

The matter was reported to Crime Stoppers and a team from the Navua Police Station and Crime Scene Investigations was deployed to the crime scene.

ACP Waqa has directed an extensive investigation to be conducted to establish the circumstances surrounding the woman’s death.

He says the alleged murder investigation is headed by the Southern Division Crime and supported by the Criminal Investigations Department is underway following the death of a woman yesterday.