An Indianapolis woman was killed when she tried break up a swordfight between her grandson and brother in law.  Police say sword-related violence is on the rise after a 100-year decline.

Chris Rondeau, 39 and Adolf Stegbauer, 69, got into an argument at a home at about 1 a.m. that escalated when one of the men grabbed a sword, prompting the other man to also brandish a sword.

Say what you will, at least they both brought the correct weapon to the correct type of fight.

Franziska Stegbauer, 77, died as a result of stab wounds, Indianapolis police Sgt. Matt Mount said.  Investigators are trying to determine which man stabbed the woman, but Rondeau was already being held on an attempted murder charge because of wounds that Adolf Stegbauer suffered.

“We’re unsure yet who started this fight, how the swordplay got involved,” said Indianapolis police Sgt. Matt Mount. “We’re not sure who it was who stabbed the woman. We’ll have to do some testing on the swords and figure out who had which sword, whose blood is on which sword.” [IndyChannel]

No word on whether the late Ms. Stegbauer also “lived by the sword,” which would’ve made her death seem seem so much less senseless.

My internal monologue from 15 minutes ago:

Hmm, let’s see, what other stories should I cover today…
Nicole Kidman in the new Woody Allen movie? Tom Cruise and Cameron Diaz signing on for a romantic comedy? Robert Pattinson’s next movie? Ron Howard maybe directing H.P. Lovecraft? Tough decisions, tough decisions.  …Then again, there’s always this robot swordfight clip from Exterminator City.  Dang, I better flip a coin…

[via iheartchaos - who have another NSFW scene from the same movie that I highly recommend]