MOSCOW - A woman from Russia's Siberian region of Irkutsk has been arrested for killing a friend of hers then eating part of the corpse, Interfax news agency reports, quoting local investigators.

The incident occurred on March 5 when the two women were drinking together at the suspect's home and an argument broke out between them.

"Investigators have information to suggest the woman cooked pieces of her murdered friend and ate them," said an official with the Russian prosecutor's investigative committee, Vladimir Salovarov.