Nadi Police have charged the 47 year old Australian national with murder for allegedly stabbing a 47 year old man to death on Monday night.

The man was charged this morning and will appear in the Nadi Magistrates court later today.

Meanwhile, the 20 year old unemployed man of Korovuto Nadi is still being questioned and is expected to be charged soon.

The Australian national is a relative of the deceased, Sarwan Kumar.

The two suspects were drinking together about 200 meters away from Kumar's house when an argument developed and the two later came to Kumar's house and allegedly stabbed him many times while he was washing a basin after drinking grog.