Story By: Lee Bullen, Sub-Editor: Lee Bullen,  Agency: Asia Wire Report

This 37-year-old man has been arrested for slaying an elderly woman with a machete before injuring her teen granddaughter.

The incident took place in the commune of Trapaing Phlong in the district of Romeas Hek in the south-eastern Cambodian province of Svay Rieng on 3rd August.

Police spokesperson Sek Vanna said that the suspect, identified as 37-year-old Seng Tith, killed Hing Yim, 75, and injured her granddaughter Men Ry, 14.

Tith reportedly slashed the back of the elderly woman’s neck with a machete-type weapon while Ry received a wound to her left cheek.

The suspect told the police that he felt as though he was being followed by someone wanting to hurt him prior to killing Yim.

Vanna said the suspect is a known heavy drinker and it was hard to make sense of his testimony.

Tith’s wife called him an alcoholic and claimed that he drinks everyday and causes arguments, but never serious violence.

At around 6pm on 3rd August, Tith reportedly grabbed a machete at home and went to another village to look for his wife.

Eyewitnesses said he knocked on the victim’s house and reacted angrily when she said that she had not seen his wife.

After being attacked, the 75-year-old woman was sent to a nearby health centre where she died of her injuries.

Her teenage granddaughter was taken to the Svay Rieng Provincial Hospital with a cut to her cheek and left index finger.

Vanna said that the suspect does not have a history of mental illness as the police investigation continues.

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