An 83-year-old woman was attacked and killed in the Nyathi administrative area near Lusikisiki, Eastern Cape police said on Friday.

At 2am on Thursday the woman was attacked at her home by unknown people, said Captain Mduduzi Godlwana.

She was stabbed eight times in the back with a sharp instrument and died on the scene.

No arrests have been made and a case of murder has been opened.