CAIRO: An Egyptian man has killed his wife by strangling her with a scarf and then stabbing her with a kitchen knife for leaving the house without his permission, newspapers reported on Saturday.
The woman infuriated her husband when she refused to explain why she left home without his authorization, the state-run Al-Gomhuria and the independent Al-Masry Al-Youm reported.
He took her to hospital after strangling her and stabbing her in the stomach and in the back but she was pronounced dead on arrival, the papers said.
The man was arrested and admitted to killing his wife, Al-Gomhuria said. -AFP
