Mum Hacks Her 5-Year Old Son To Death Then Cooks And Eats His Head

A mother allegedly hacked her five-year-old son to death with a machete at their home in Egypt before boiling and eating part of his head.

The woman, named only as Hanaa, 29, was arrested by police after Youssef's horrified uncle found the little boy's body parts in buckets at the family home in the village of Abu Shalabi.

She confessed to police that she had eaten part of her son's head because she 'wanted him to stay with her together', local media reports.