28 Apr 2003

Man due to be charged in American Samoa over fatal stabbing

7:44 am on 28 April 2003

A twenty year old man held in connection with the fatal stabbing of a woman in American Samoa last week is expected to appear in court today charged with murder.

49-year-old Lelava Sulu died in the village of Vatia a few kilometres outside the capital, Pago Pago.

The man charged over her death is her nephew.