Man in his 90s sent to prosecutors for allegedly strangling wife to death

An older man was sent to prosecutors in detention for allegedly strangling his wife to death after suspecting that she was having an affair.

The suspect, only identified as a man in his 90s, was sent to prosecutors on murder charges while in detention on Tuesday, the Seoul Gwangjin Police Station said on Wednesday.

He is accused of strangling his wife, who was in her 80s, at their apartment in Gwangjin District, eastern Seoul, at around 10:30 a.m. on July 21.

After the alleged attack, he reportedly called another family member and said, “I did something wrong,” adding, “You should report it to the police.” The family member then alerted police.

Officers who responded to the scene initially arrested the man on suspicion of attempted murder.

The woman was taken to a hospital immediately after the incident but later died. Police subsequently changed the charge to murder.

The man reportedly told investigators that he believed his wife had been having an affair.

BY KIM EUN-BIN [[email protected]]