POLICE are investigating the brutal assault on a 21-year-old woman and her boyfriend on Friday night on Riverside Road.
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According to Werner Vermaak of ER 24, the woman and her boyfriend were walking near the Umgeni Bird Park when a taxi pulled up next to them.
An unknown number of men got out the taxi and assaulted them.
By the time paramedics arrived, the man had died of the injuries he sustained in the assault. The woman was treated for multiple injuries and rushed to hospital.
At this stage, the motive behind the assault is under investigation.
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