Man hacks three, kills infant, commits suicides

Thursday, May 31, 2018

A man committed suicide after hacking to death his 6-month-old infant and injuring his wife, mother-in-law and father-in-law in a brutal attack using a cleaver at Ihala Kadigamuwa, Bingiriya around 1.35 pm last afternoon.

The six-month-old child who had suffered serious cut injuries had died upon admission to hospital, while the 24-year-old wife, her 42-year-old mother and 62-year-old father are in a critical condition being treated at the Kuliyapitiya Hospital, Police Spokesman SP Ruwan Gunasekara.

The suspect had been away from home for the past three months and had carried out the gruesome attack having returned home yesterday. He had later committed suicide in front of the house. (CN)

The Police Spokesman said that it is suspected that the suspect would have used some explosive similar to a ‘Hakka Patas’, an explosive device used on wild animals, as his upper torso and face had been severely damaged by the explosion to an unrecognisable degree.The police had yet not identified the suspect by last evening and the motive behind this brutal attack was also unknown.

The Bingiriya Police is conducting further investigations.