A mother and her daughter were yesterday afternoon hacked to death in the rural St Andrew community of Temple Hall by a man believed to be the boyfriend of one of the women.
The police, up to last night, did not release the names or the ages of the victims but said the alleged attacker was held and was being interrogated by them.
The Constabulary Communication Network reported that about 3:00 pm the women were attacked by the man during a domestic dispute.
"Reports we have received are that the women were chopped to death," an investigator from Constant Spring Police Station said.