Stabbing victim named and man charged with her murder

Police officers, dressed in black, conduct a search behind a police cordon on a residential street.
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Police were called to the junction of Paul Street and Tarrington Road in Tredworth

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A 28-year-old woman who was stabbed to death has been named as a man is charged with her murder.

Gloucestershire Police were called to the junction of Paul Street and Tarrington Road in Tredworth, Gloucester, at about 01.45 BST on Tuesday. Zanele Sibanda was pronounced dead at the scene.

Tanaka Zivania, 32, of Dora Walk in Gloucester, was arrested and he has now been charged with murder.

He remains in police custody and is due to appear at Cheltenham Magistrates' Court on Thursday.

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