A man in his 70s has been arrested by police for fatally stabbing his common-law wife at an apartment in Busan.
The Busan Nambu Police Station said Friday that it had detained the man, identified only as A, on murder charges and was questioning him.
According to police, A is accused of stabbing his common-law partner, a woman in her 70s identified as B, to death with a knife at an apartment in Nam-gu around 6:26 p.m. the previous day.
A was reportedly intoxicated at the time. The two are said to have been arguing over financial issues when the incident occurred.
Police who were dispatched after receiving a report arrested A at the scene on the spot.
"We are investigating A to determine the exact circumstances of the incident and the motive behind the crime," a police official said. "We plan to request an arrest warrant later today."
