In a horrible incident, an Egyptian woman killed her five-year-old son and ate parts of his body after cooking it, the 24NewsHD TV channel reported on Tuesday. 

According to international media, the 29-year-old Hanaa choked her boy, Youssef, sliced his body, and ate after cooking. Police arrested Hanaa after finding the body parts in buckets in her house in the city of Faqus.

Security sources said the woman separated from her husband three years ago and lived alone with her child. She told the police that she did not intend to kill her son. She too claimed she has been suffering from a mental illness that drove her to kill him. Police are piecing together evidence and other legal proceedings.

According to the international media,  her ex-husband told the reporters: "When I arrived, the police prevented me from seeing my son because of the horrific scene."

"'We separated from each other four years ago because she had landed from her father and asked me to leave the house and my family and go with her to live on the land."

He added: "But I refused, and the relationship ended entirely by her will, and I tried to reconcile with her after the divorce, but she refused and stuck to her opinion.

"My son was the one who kept me connected to her, and I used to see him regularly and bring him clothes and things he needed.

"But recently, she was trying to keep him away from me and plant hatred towards me in his heart, so he wouldn't come to me. I was trying to communicate with her family to see my son and make sure he was okay."

According to his lawyer, Samir Mohamed Saleh, the suspect was stone-faced when she told her questioners: "I wanted to free him and myself.

"I wanted to take revenge against his father and be free. His father keeps coming and trying to take him away all the time."

The Public Prosecution Office said in a statement that the suspect had been detained and that she will undergo a psychiatric assessment.