A 37-year-old man in the US who allegedly used an oxygen tank to beat to death a fellow COVID patient in his California hospital bed last week has been charged with murder and hate crime.
According to Los Angeles police, Jesse Martinez became upset when the 82-year-old man sharing his hospital room started praying.
Mr. Martinez then allegedly grabbed an oxygen tank and bludgeoned the elderly patient.
The victim died the following day.
The pair, who police say did not know each other, were receiving treatment for coronavirus in a two-person room in Antelope Valley Hospital in Lancaster in southern California.
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