Mentally ill man spears woman to death in Mayendit County

The police in Unity State’s Mayendit County on Sunday arrested a 19-year-old man who suffers from depression for stabbing a 50-year-old woman to death at her home in the Jaguar area.

Brigadier James Tut Wal, the police inspector in Mayendit County, named the suspect as Bangoang Poul Teny and identified the deceased woman as Nyayang Chiok Puk.

“James Tut, 19, stabbed Nyayang, 50, to death at her home in Jaguar using a spear on Sunday at around 9 a.m.,” he said. “The boy is mad, and after stabbing the woman, he ran away. When we heard about it, the police pursued and apprehended him at around 2 p.m. on the same day.”

Brigadier Tut said the suspect is now detained at the Rupkuay Police Station.