VIC:Man in custody over woman's death

AAP General News (Australia)
02-01-2011
VIC:Man in custody over woman's death

MELBOURNE, Feb 1 AAP - A man has been taken into custody after a woman was killed in
an altercation at a home in Victoria's north, police say.

Police allege a 52-year-old man went to the home in Margaret Street, Benalla, where
there was an altercation around 12.30pm on Tuesday.

The woman, 31 from Benalla, received fatal injuries. Police believe she knew the man,
who is also from Benalla, and is now in custody assisting homicide squad detectives with
their inquiries.

AAP pmu/was/msk

KEYWORD: FATAL

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