Hong Kong police say death of woman, 85, found with cut wounds near axe after dispute with neighbour later found hanged is ‘murder-suicide’
- Source says axe was found in a nearby corridor at Tsz Ching Estate, after dispute between woman and neighbour later found hanged in his flat
- Detectives from Wong Tai Sin crime unit investigating incident
Hong Kong police have said the death of an 85-year-old woman found with neck and head wounds near an axe outside her flat is being treated as a case of murder-suicide.
A source familiar with the incident said the woman was discovered on Wednesday afternoon after an argument with a neighbour, who was later found hanged inside his 14th-floor flat at Tsz Ching Estate in Tsz Wan Shan.
A police spokesman said the man, 66, was later certified dead at Kwong Wah Hospital in Yau Ma Tei.
He confirmed the incident was being dealt with as a murder-suicide by officers from the Wong Tai Sin district crime squad.
The source said an argument over noise from the woman’s 15th-floor flat broke out around 1pm. The man later filed a complaint to a security guard on the ground floor.
The guard found the 85-year-old lying unconscious outside her flat at around 4pm, the source said.
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“The woman suffered cut wounds on the neck and head, and an axe was found near her in the public corridor,” the source said.
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The woman was taken to Kwong Wah Hospital, where she was declared dead.
Police cordoned off the two floors as part of the investigation.
