UPDATED: A homicide investigation was launched Saturday morning after a woman was allegedly stabbed to death in Vava’u.

Police were called to a home at Falaleu village after reports of what appeared to be a fatal stabbing incident in a house, a reliable source told Kaniva News.
It is understood police made an arrest and are not looking for anyone else over the incident.
Kaniva News has learnt the occupants of the house were a brother and his twin sister, who was the victim, as well as the sister’s young daughter.
The deceased was a staff at the Vava’u governor’s office.
Vava’u police could not be reached for comment.
The news came after a 17 year old youth, and a 30 year old woman drowned at seas in Vava’u earlier this year in separate incidents.