According to reports from AP, a mentally ill man has committed a heinous crime of brutally murdering 5 kids in the presence of their pregnant mother and also inflicting multiple injuries on her.
The police at the scene of the crime
Police say a man in Northern Thailand stormed into a neighbour's home, hacked five children to death and inflicted multiple stab wounds on a pregnant woman who was watching helplessly, AP reports.
Lt Col Sombat Kalasuk said the 24-year-old man had a history of mental illness and was living with his family while being treated for depression at a local hospital.
He apparently became agitated by the noise coming from his neighbour's home in a village outside the northern city of Chiang Mai and grabbed a 47-centimetre kitchen knife which he then used to kill the children.
All five children were believed to be under the age of 8. The woman who is 7 months pregnant is being treated for wounds to her face and body.