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Woman chopped to death, husband injured in attack

Published:Thursday | February 3, 2022 | 8:01 AM
The police say about 1 a.m., an attacker or attackers armed with a machete invaded the couple's residence and chopped them.

Rasbert Turner/Gleaner Writer

There is a pall of gloom over the Buxton Town community of St Catherine following the gruesome murder of a woman and the injury of her husband.

The police say about 1 a.m., an attacker or attackers armed with a machete invaded the couple's residence and chopped them.

The woman died on the scene while the man was admitted to a hospital in a serious condition.

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