Millionaire Arrested Honeymoon Murder In South Africa

By: Jennifer Hong
Staff Writer
Published: Dec 10, 2021

Millionaire Arrested Honeymoon

Millionaire arrested honeymoon murder in South Africa. A man who was on his honeymoon was arrested for killing his millionaire wife. The murder took place in South Africa.

Arrested was British millionaire Shiren Dewani. He has been charged with conspiring to murder his Swedish wife on their honeymoon. On Wednesday, he was taken into custody at Scotland Yard in London by their extradition unit, at the request of the South African authorities.

Anni Dewani was killed last month during his honeymoon during a carjacking. The 28-year-old women was shot dead during a taxi hijacking in Gugulethu township outside Cape Town. They were returning to their hotel from a dinner outside the city.

During the carjacking, two gunmen threw Shiren and the driver out of the vehicle. Anni's body was later recovered in the abandoned car. She died from a gunshot wound to the neck from the honeymoon killing.