India, Sept. 12 -- An Indian man working as a motel manager in Texas was killed in an exceptionally violent attack this week, and the suspect is now in custody, facing a capital murder charge.

Yordanis Cobos-Martinez, 37, was arrested on Wednesday after he allegedly attacked 50-year-old Chandra Nagamallaiah, the manager of a motel northeast of downtown Dallas.

But what shocked the world was the sheer brutality of the crime, which was caused by a petty argument over a broken washing machine.

According to the police, Cobos-Martinez used a machete in the deadly assault and kept stabbing him until his head was severed from the body.

The confrontation began after Nagamallaiah asked Cobos-Martinez not to use a broken washing machine on the ...