75-year-old Eastern Cape woman hacks intruder to death

A 75-year-old woman hacked an intruder to death in Centane, Eastern Cape police said.

A 55-year-old man pushed her door open and the woman, armed with an axe, chopped the man on his upper and lower body, Captain Jackson Manatha said.

She then went outside to call for help.

Community members came to help the woman and identified the man as one of her relatives.

"He was still alive when the community members arrived and was rushed with a private vehicle to Tafalofefe Hospital, Centane where he later died," said Manatha.

"It was not clear why the deceased visited and pushed the door of the granny at that time."

A murder case against the woman was opened and she was warned to appear in the Centane Magistrate's Court on Monday.