U.S. Embassy employee murdered in South Africa

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U.S. Embassy employee murdered in South Africa

January 14, 2013 05:38 PM

A member of the South African Police Services keeps watch on the N1 Highway, close to where police and striking farmworkers have been clashing for the past two days, on January 11, 2013 in De Doorns, South Africa. AFP PHOTO / RODGER BOSCH

JOHANNESBURG: An official in South Africa says a woman suspected of murdering an American Embassy employee over the weekend will appear in court Tuesday.

The U.S. Embassy on Monday confirmed the death of Christopher "Norm" Bates, who was the information management officer at the Johannesburg U.S. Consulate. He was an 11-year State Department employee.

Police Lt. Col. Lungelo Dlamini said the 41-year-old Bates was allegedly stabbed to death Sunday morning around 3 a.m. at a Johannesburg apartment. Dlamini said a guard heard a woman screaming and saw the woman with a knife in her hand and Bates with stab wounds.

Dlamini said the 29-year-old woman would appear in court Tuesday.

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An official in South Africa says a woman suspected of murdering an American Embassy employee over the weekend will appear in court Tuesday.

The U.S. Embassy on Monday confirmed the death of Christopher "Norm" Bates, who was the information management officer at the Johannesburg U.S. Consulate.

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