SA embassy investigate deaths of expat couple in Ireland

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 The Department of International Relations says South African embassy officials in Ireland are investigating the deaths of an expat couple there.

Department spokesperson, Nelson Kgwete, says they're still waiting for their report.

He says they will be verifying the citizenship status of the couple.

The Irish Times reported that the married couple from South Africa, were found wounded and bleeding by firefighters attending a separate incident in a village in County Clare on Wednesday
night.

Both of them died later.