A man has stabbed his two young children to death before trying to knife his wife as they slept in their family house in Podolsk, Moscow Oblast, Russia.
The depressed man and his family
A man identified as Dmitry Milovanov, who was reportedly high on drugs, stabbed his sleeping 9-month-old daughter, Xeniya, 4-year-old son, Ilya and wife Tatyana. The man was restrained by his nephew and neighbours who prevented his suicide and called the police.
While being interrogated, Milovanov who admitted to have been depressed over a $10,000 of debt and inability to find work, confessed to the murder he planned during a week: "I realized if I would kill myself and my whole family, it would only be for the best. I wanted to turn my children into angels."
Mrs Milovanova survived the attack and is being treated in hospital, and police are still investigating the murders of the two children. The man had reportedly smoked spice, also known as synthetic marijuana, skunk and K2, before the gruesome attack.