Police [Yonhap]
Police [Yonhap]

A woman in her 70s has been arrested on suspicion of beating her husband to death with a blunt object in Bucheon, Gyeonggi Province.

According to the Bucheon Ojeong Police Station, the woman, identified only as A, is accused of striking her husband, identified only as B, who was in his 80s, multiple times with a blunt object at their apartment in Gogang-dong, Ojeong-gu, Bucheon, at around 10:10 p.m. Sunday. She faces murder charges.

B was found collapsed inside the home with a head wound and was already dead when officers arrived. A also sustained a head injury and was taken to a nearby hospital for treatment.

Investigators found no signs of forced entry. Police believe A carried out the attack during an argument with her husband and are continuing to probe the exact circumstances of the incident.

"We recovered what is believed to be the weapon used in the attack from the scene," a police official said, adding that investigators plan to take A into custody for questioning as soon as she completes treatment.


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