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Husband in custody after woman killed inside East Vancouver home

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One person charged in Vancouver weekend homicide
A young woman is dead and a young man is in hospital after an attack on Vancouver's east side. The woman was killed in the Joyce-Collingwood area, and as Julia Foy reports, at this point police aren't sure why she died.

Vancouver police have now identified the woman killed inside a home on the city’s east side this weekend.

Roshnee Gurung, 26, was found dead inside a home in the area of Rupert Street and Euclid Avenue.

Neighbours said they heard “some sort” of disturbance on Friday night but it is unclear what happened.

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Vancouver police are not saying how Gurung died but the suspect in custody is her husband, 46-year-old Tenzin Choigey.

He has now been charged with one count of second-degree murder.

Choigey is also charged with the aggravated assault of a 27-year-old man who sustained serious injuries in the incident, police said.

Details have not been released about the connection between Gurung and the man who was injured.

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Choigey remains in custody at this time.

–With files from Julia Foy.

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