Man kills 10 family members including 8 children, hangs himself

AMETHI: A man allegedly hacked to death 10 of his family members and then committed suicide in Mahnoa locality here, police said today. The incident took place at Mahona West village, in the Bazaar Shukul police station area. The killings were discovered in the morning, the officer added. He said that the victims included two women, one man and eight children. While the body of the landlord, Jamaaluddin, was found hanging from the ceiling, the remaining 10 were found with their throats slit. A huge police force was rushed to the crime scene as thousands of villagers and people from adjoining areas gathered at the spot. District police chief Santosh Kumar Singh, along with other senior police officers, were handling the investigation.