Couple dead in SA murder-suicide identified as Shafeeqa and Mirza Husseini
The bodies of 41-year-old Shafeeqa and her partner 47-year-old Mirza Husseini were found by police inside a home in Bordertown – about 235km east of Adelaide – during a welfare check shortly after 11pm Sunday.
SA Police confirmed the man murdered his wife before taking his own life.
Speaking to reporters on Monday, Acting Assistant Commissioner Cath Hilliard said Mr Husseini was known to police 'through a previous domestic violence incident earlier in the year, and that involved the deceased woman'.
'However, they were no current court imposed restrictions in relation to the individuals preventing any contact between the couple,' she said.
Police said the couple's six children were not home at the time of the incident.
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