Man commits suicide after slitting throats of his four children

PESHAWAR: A man allegedly committed suicide after slitting the throats of his four young children over a domestic dispute in Swabi district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

According to police, the victims, two boys and two girls, were aged between two and 12 years.

The tragic incident occurred on Thursday in the Sarra Cheena area of Dobian, where the 42-year-old Saif-ul-Islam used a sharp-edged weapon to kill his children identified as Zia (12), Abdul Rehman (10), Sana (8) and a two-year-old unidentified girl.

A spokesperson for Rescue 1122 Khyber Pakhtunkhwa said that the Swabi control room received information about the killing of four children by their father and then taking his own life inside their home.

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Upon receiving the alert, two Rescue 1122 ambulances reached the scene and shifted the bodies to Yar Hussain Hospital.

Swabi District Police Officer Asghar Khan said that the man had a dispute with his wife and brother.

He said that his wife had been living with her parents after a domestic dispute.

He said that after killing his children, the man shot himself and died on the spot. Further investigation is under way.