28th November, 2018 Police have charged two men, a 19-year-old and a 21-year-old from Ha’atafu with manslaughter in relation to the death of a 19-year-old man from Kolomotu’a on Monday 26th of November 2018.
The victim was found on the side of the main road at Ha’atafu with injuries to his head last Sunday morning, and was rushed to the hospital by Police from the Nukunuku Police Station. He passed away at around 11:00 am Monday 26th of November.
Police alleged that the two suspects and the victim were drinking alcohol together when they got into a fight where the suspects allegedly assaulted the victim.
The father of one of the suspects when told of what happened voluntarily took both suspects to the Nukunuku Police Station on Sunday night 25th of November. Both remain in police custody to appear at the Nukunuku Magistrate Court on Thursday, 29 November 2018.
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