A young mother-of-three was brutally beaten to death with an electric drill by her 27-year-old boyfriend, Hong Kong media reported on Wednesday.
On Tuesday night, Andrea Bayr, 25, was believed to have gone to a Castle Peak construction site where her boyfriend Safdar Husnain worked as a security guard, The Standard reported.
According to Apple Daily, the Hong Kong-born Eurasian woman had been a victim of domestic abuse, and wanted to break up with the Pakistani.
A fight then erupted and another Pakistani man called the police when he claims he saw Husnain attacking Bayr.
When police arrived, Husnain was allegedly still attacking the unconscious woman with a drill. The attack was so vicious that Bayr’s eyes were destroyed by the drill, Apple Daily reported.
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Police had to subdue the suspect for the attack to stop.
A blood-stained drill and a hammer were found at the scene.
Although she was taken to the hospital, Bayr was declared dead soon after.
Husnain, who is a Hong Kong permanent resident, was found with injuries on his elbow and leg.
Bayr was reportedly born to an Austrian father and a Filipino-French mother, and had three children with her ex-husband.
A man identified only as White told the media that Bayr had said she wanted to end her relationship with Husnain on Monday afternoon.
White and Bayr reportedly dated for awhile but broke up when Bayr chose to continue seeing Husnain.
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