Suspected psychiatric person has hacked to death an eighty year old woman with an axe in Dedza.

Dedza Deputy Police Publicist Cassim Manda confirmed of the development in an interview with the press and identified the deceased as Liznet Moses.

Meanwhile, the suspect has been admitted at Dedza District Hospital after seriously wounded by the members of general public.

Moses hails from Njuchi Village Traditional Authority Kaphuka.