A Man Storms Neighbour's House, Kills 5 Children

A Man Storms Neighbour's House, Kills 5 Children

Officials have reported the arrest of a 24-year-old man who stormed his neighbour’s house and stabbed five children to death.

The police said the unnamed suspect murdered the children with a 19-inch kitchen knife because he was annoyed by the noise of the playing kids. Medical reports show that the culprit from a village near the city of Chiang Mai had a history of mental illness and was recently released from a local psychiatric hospital.

According to ITV, the accused allegedly walked into the house, picked up a huge chopping knife and stabbed the children to death.

Meanwhile, a pregnant woman in whose care the children were kept, was also injured in the attack. The 24-year-old apparently attacked her when she confronted him. She survived with severe stab wounds to her face.

Sources in northern Thailand where the incident occurred say the lady is still in an intensive care.

All five of the victims were under the age of eight, a local reporter says.
It is recalled that a similar mass murder recently occurred in Texas, the USA, where a family of eight, including six children, were found dead inside a house.
The BBC reports that the six children and two adults were found handcuffed and fatally shot in the head in their Texas home, following the arrest of a man who exchanged gunfire with police.