A woman was killed in the Ballito Junction regional mall this afternoon when her ex boyfriend attacked her with a knife and cut her throat.

Shortly before 5pm this afternoon (Wednesday) the woman – an employee at Turn and Tender – was sitting on the couch in the restaurant talking to her current boyfriend.

Also read: Eyewitness account: Ballito pastor arrests and then prays for alleged Junction murderer

According to Umhlali SAPS spokesperson Captain Vinny Pillay her ex saw the pair together and this was believed to be what set him off.

Eyewitnesses at the mall said she went to the bathroom and was followed in by her attacker.

“We just started hearing terrible screams coming from the ladies toilet,” said one witness, who asked to remain anonymous.

IPSS Medical Rescue’s Paul Herbst confirmed that the woman was found dead in the bathroom.

Her attacker was detained by the pastor of a local church, who did not want to be identified, until he was handed over to the police.

The brutal attack attracted a large crowd, who had to be kept away from the police car where the man was locked up in order to prevent them from trying to take the law into their own hands.

However, this did not stop onlookers from booing and heckling the man from nearby.

Entrance three to the Junction was closed after the attack while plain-clothes detectives, uniformed police, paramedics and forensic pathologists worked on the crime scene.

WATCH: Journalist Allan Troskie live at the scene earlier today. Some information in the videos may reflect initial reports, which have since been updated.

Allan Troskie is live at the Ballito Junction, where a woman's throat was cut in a domestic dispute. UPDATE: New information has indicated that it was the victim's EX boyfriend who attacked her, not her current boyfriend as stated in the video. Posted by The North Coast Courier on Wednesday, 18 October 2017

The Courier is live outside the Ballito Junction where a woman was attacked and her throat allegedly slit. UPDATE: The victim was reportedly an employee of Turn n Tender and not Tashas, the two restaurants are opposite one another. She has been confirmed dead. RIP. Posted by The North Coast Courier on Wednesday, 18 October 2017

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