Husband murders wife, four kids

A man used a knife to cut off his wife's head before slitting the throats of his four children, aged between two and 11 years, in the most heinous crime in his area. He also had a son from a previous marriage who he killed at the same time.

Just before the father massacred them, he went to his ex-wife's house and brought his son from that wife to his house, where he murdered them all. Police said the woman and her children were brought dead to hospital in the southern province of Nijaran on Monday night after the husband severed her head and slit the throats of his three sons and one daughter.

The boys are aged between five and 11, while the girl is around two.

People who know the man confirmed he is suffering from psychological problems and was treating his children very cruelly. Witnesses said that a few days before the murder, the man climbed a podium in a local mosque and started uttering incomprehensible words.