Hesse: Woman dead after a dispute: partner arrested

Büdingen (dpa / lhe) - After a dispute, a man is said to have killed his 63-year-old partner in Büdingen in the Wetteraukreis. The 65-year-old is suspected of having injured the woman so badly on Monday evening that she died, the public prosecutor's office and the police said in Gießen on Tuesday. The investigators initially gave no precise information on the nature of the injuries and the possible cause of death. The police provisionally arrested the German that night. The suspect was due to be brought before the magistrate on Tuesday. The public prosecutor ordered a forensic examination of the body.