Mother kills three children, ingests poison in Punjab

In a shocking incident, a mother attempted to take her own life after killing three of her children by slitting their throats in Chichawatni, Punjab, police said on Thursday.

Police sources say the woman was suffering from a mental disorder, who after slitting the throats of her children, ingested poison in an attempt to end her own life.

She was rushed to the hospital where she remains in a critical condition.

The police transferred the bodies of the children, named Isha, Sadia, and Furqan, to the hospital and initiated an inquiry into the matter after collecting all evidence from the scene.

Earlier, a woman committed suicide after feeding a poisonous substance to her four daughters in Balochistan’s capital Quetta.

The horrific incident took place in Quetta’s Hazara Town area, in which a woman committed suicide after feeding poison to her four daughters aged between three to 10 years.

Police said that after giving the poisonous substance to her minor daughters, the mother also consumed the poison.