An teenager has been arrested in connection with the brutal murder of a 91-year-old woman in Bityi in the Eastern Cape.
Provincial police said the 18-year-old allegedly fatally strangled the elderly woman and attempted to kill the womans daughter.
The incident took place in the Ncokazi locality on Friday, September 13.
Eastern Cape police spokesperson Captain Welile Matyolo said according to information at polices disposal the suspect entered the victims home at around 2am.
He (allegedly) attacked the elderly woman while she was asleep in her bedroom, Matyolo said.
