A debt-ridden salesman is suspected of murdering his two young children before trying to kill himself at their home in Hong Kong’s Yau Ma Tei, where police found the trio unconscious on a bed, with officers seizing three blades.
The case came to light at around 3.15pm on Wednesday when the mother, 40, contacted authorities after receiving a call from a tuition centre about her eight-year-old son’s unexplained absence.
She then attempted to contact the family members but was unsuccessful.
A police source said the woman rushed home to Block B of Kam Wah Building on Canton Road near Waterloo Road as she was concerned the man might be distressed due to debt issues.
Emergency responders arrived and firefighters forced entry to the flat and a locked bedroom, where the trio were found lying on a bed.
The man, a 40-year-old salesman, had a knife wound on his neck measuring 15cm (5.9 inches) and was unconscious. The son and three-year-old daughter had also passed out.
