Birmingham - A father killed his wife and three children before taking his own life, police said yesterday.
The man, who has not been named, was found hanged on an upstairs landing at the family home in Birmingham.
West Midlands Police also found the bodies of three young children and their mother, who had all been stabbed, when they forced entry to the address in Bromyard Road, Sparkhill, shortly after 2 p.m.
He said a boy aged two to three and a girl aged about seven were found dead in a downstairs kitchen, and a boy aged about nine was discovered in an upstairs front bedroom. The woman's body discovered in an upstairs bedroom.