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Saturday, 28 September 2013 - 02:38

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Social worker stabbed to death in Weert

In the Limburg Weert a social worker was stabbed to death Friday afternoon, announced a police spokesperson to NU.nl. The police received a report around 13:30 of a woman being resuscitated in the hallway of an apartment complex at Oranjeplein. The woman was found to have a stabbing wound. She died during the resuscitation attempt. Amsterdam police
harry_nl/flickr Later, a 60-year-old woman turned herself in to the police. She confessed to involvement in the stabbing, and was arrested. The victim was an employee of Green Cross home healthcare. According to various media, she was attacked by a client with psychological problems whom she was visiting.

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