Four kids from one family among five killed in ‘hammer and knife attack’ in France
Post Desk : Five people – including four children – have died in an attack at a home in Noisy-le-Sec, in the northern suburbs of Paris.
The victims are thought to be all from the same family, according to French reports.
Police are investigating the attack in Seine-Saint-Denis in which five were found dead or dying, and five more were injured.
The dead included a woman and four children – and five people wounded by knives, including three seriously, reports Le Dauphine.
According to reports, police arrived around 11am Saturday and found two dead and many more wounded.
They also found a knife and a hammer at the scene.
Two people were declared dead on arrival, and three more died within an hour and a half despite the efforts of emergency services.
A am found seriously injured and unconscious at the scene is being treated as a suspect, and was taken to hospital for treatment.
The alleged perpetrator was transported to Beaujon hospital in Clichy for treatment, reports Actu 17.
The news site reports that all of those who died were thought to be from the same family.
Their bodies were found in different rooms around the house.