A middle aged man, today in Kaduna slaughtered four of his
children and attempted to kill himself after an alleged quarrel with his
wife.
Neighbours told Vanguard that the man had quarrelled with the wife
throughout the night, forcing her to leave the house located on Ahmadu
Bello street in Kawo area of Kaduna metropolis.
Thereafter, the
man allegedly locked the entrance to the house and used a knife to
slaughter the four children aged between six to one year.
One of
his children who was not in the house at the time, alerted the ward head
of the area, when he found the door to the residence locked from inside
on Wednesday afternoon.
When the neighbours and some policemen
forced the door to the house open, the children were already dead while
their father was still alive but in serious condition.
Police
spokesman in the state, Zubairu Abubakar, said that the man and the
children had been conveyed to St Gerards General Hospital in Kakuri,
Kaduna.
He said that the police had commenced full investigation into the matter.