Man, 87, arrested over woman's death in Perth

An 87-year-old man has been arrested after a 75-year-old woman died from injuries sustained at a home in Perth's south-east.

Authorities were called to the home on Guerin Avenue in Piara Waters about 5.45pm yesterday.

They found the woman with critical injuries.

She died at the home a short time later and the man, who knew the woman, was taken into custody.