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Killed with hoe blade

A 60-year-old man was hacked to death with a hoe in his bedroom in Idutywa, Eastern Cape, early on Sunday morning.

A 60-year-old man was hacked to death with a hoe in his bedroom in Idutywa, Eastern Cape, early on Sunday morning.

Police Captain Lingisile Magama said the man, who lived alone, was found by a neighbour next to his bed.

The police suspect that the hoe was also used to assault the man's 53-year-old neighbour on the same morning.

"Two men assaulted the man [then] raped his 49-year-old wife."- Sapa

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