Woman kills own children
A woman killed her minor son and daughter by slitting their throats in her Amtoli Enayetpara residence in Lohagara upazila of Chittagong early yesterday, said police.
Afterwards, Rehana Akter, 30, mother of the victims -- Marium Sultana, 7, and Md Yasin, 2 -- attempted to commit suicide with the sickle, Sub-inspector Nurul Islam, in-charge of Chunoti Police Outpost, quoted locals as saying.
Neighbours took Rehana to the upazila health complex from where she was shifted to Chittagong Medical College Hospital.
During the incident, her husband Md Humayun Kabir, a night-time guard, was outside home, the SI said.
Due to poverty, the woman has been severely depressed for around 10 days and it might led to the incident, Md Shahjahan, officer-in-charge of Lohagara Police Station, quoted Humayun and the neighbours as saying.
Md Junaid, chairman of ward no-1 of Baro Hatia Union Parishad, said Humayun had to pull rickshaw at day time.
They are investigating the incident, the OC said.
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