21 Jan 2019

Samoan shooting victim flown to NZ for surgery

12:24 pm on 21 January 2019

A Samoan woman who was shot in the face last week has been flown to New Zealand for further surgery.

Empty hospital bed, generic

Photo: 123RF

The woman was allegedly shot by her partner, Peter Tulaga Eliese, who is Samoa's largest commercial taro farmer.

He has been charged with attempted murder and will appear in the Supreme Court on 4 February.