A suspected mentally challenged man was been beaten to a pulp after he was accused of hacking a yet-to-be-identified woman to death in Olomoro community in Isoko South Local Government Area, Delta State.

According to reports, the deceased was said to be sleeping in her house in the Ukoli quarters of the community when she was killed. She was found in the pool of her blood in the early hours of Monday February 7.

“The woman was killed this morning (Monday) and the community is accusing a boy of killing her because they found the woman’s handbag in his possession. On seeing the bag with him, they beat the boy to stupor. In the process, the police came in and put the situation under control.” a resident of the community said.

Confirming the incident, the Police Public Relations Officer of the state command, DSP Bright Edafe, said:

“A woman was killed but none of her body parts was missing. From what we discovered, the suspect that killed the woman is mentally deranged.”

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