An Israeli woman identified as Swatha alias Radha (36) has been found dead with her throat slit inside her rented house at Mukhathala here on Thursday evening.

Her friend Krishna Chandran (75), who allegedly attacked her and attempted to kill himself, is under treatment at the government district hospital here, sources said.

He claimed that both of them, who have been living together for the last 16 years, were planning to commit suicide due to some health problems.

She stabbed herself after lunch on Thursday afternoon.

Later, he also stabbed himself to commit suicide.

(With UNI inputs)