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Video footage of the stabbing went viral on social media. According to UWC, the suspect and the CPUT student are spouses.
Video footage of the stabbing went viral on social media. According to UWC, the suspect and the CPUT student are spouses.
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The University of the Western Cape (UWC) student who allegedly stabbed a Cape Peninsula University of Technology (CPUT) student over the weekend has been suspended by the institution.  

UWC spokesperson Gasant Abarder confirmed that "the student has been suspended from campus and [his] private residence". 

The man was arrested after he was caught on video allegedly stabbing the CPUT student outside a private student residence in Belhar, in the Western Cape, on Saturday morning.  

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