2 children, mother die in suspected murder-suicide at home
民家で7歳と5歳児死亡 36歳の母親も 無理心中か 警察は経緯を捜査
Japan Today -- May 29
A 36-year-old woman, her seven-year-old daughter and five-year-old son have died in what police believe was a murder-suicide in Tokorozawa, Saitama Prefecture, police said Saturday.
According to police, the woman’s 41-year-old husband found the bodies after he returned home from work at around 7:20 p.m. on Friday, Kyodo News reported. The front door was locked. Inside, he found his wife and two children in a room on the second floor, and called 119.
Police said the two children were declared dead at the scene. Their mother was taken to hospital where she died about 90 minutes later.
May 29 (TBS NEWS) - きのう夜、埼玉県所沢市の住宅で36歳の母親と、7歳と5歳の子ども2人のあわせて3人が倒れているのを帰宅した父親が見つけました。3人とも死亡が確認され、警察が経緯を調べています。 ...continue reading
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