Lebanese Alzheimer’s patient kills wife while she sleeps

BEIRUT: A man shot and killed his wife in the early hours of Wednesday while she slept in Chabtine in the Batroun district of northern Lebanon.
Preliminary investigations revealed that the killer is suffering from Alzheimer’s disease.
The initial probe found that Georges Noon, 66, used a rifle to shoot his wife, Eline Sassine, 65, around 2 a.m. on Wednesday. He also fired shots in other parts of the house.
Witnesses said he cried beside her, the victim’s body covered in blood.
He told neighbors: “Look what I’ve done. Call the Red Cross.”