Woman jumps 77 floors to her death 'after attempting to behead partner'

A woman leapt to her death from a luxury apartment block in Kowloon West yesterday after she is believed to have attempted to behead her partner in the city's third suspected murder case uncovered in as many days, police said.

The 47-year-old woman, identified as Wong Suk-kan, was seen covered in blood as she jumped from the 77th floor of The Harbourside in Kowloon West at around 1pm, police said.

A police source identified the stabbing victim as Peng Chi-hui, 49. Official records indicate he was a director of Ho Fai Holding (Hong Kong), a company providing logistical services between the city and the mainland.

"Over 100 knife wounds were found on the man.... Knife wounds were on his head, neck, arms and legs," said Yu Hoi-kwan, chief inspector at Yau Tsim district.

"One knife wound almost cut off his head," Yu said, adding that police suspected the man had been sedated with sleeping pills before the attack. Two vegetable knives and a meat knife were found at the scene.

Yu said that the dead woman recently had been in an emotionally unstable state.