Woman, 82, attacked cheating husband with axe

An 82-year-old woman was arrested for trying to kill her 80-year-old husband with an axe because she suspected he was having an affair, police in Japan said today.

Mitsu Horie allegedly went into her husband’s bedroom and began to bludgeon his head with an axe the couple kept in their storeroom, said an official with the Daigo police.