Trelawny Tragedy: Man kills two children, hangs self

WESTERN BUREAU:
The community of Wait-a-bit in Trelawny woke up to shocking news this morning that a man earlier slit the throats of two children then hanged himself at their home.

The police say the incident happened around 2.30 this morning.

The man is said to be the father of the two children aged between two and five years old.

Our sources say only yesterday the man had a dispute with the children’s mother, who later packed up and left the home saying she was going back to her mother's house in Coleyville, Manchester.

It is reported that the man went to Coleyville and tried to persuade the woman to return home.

However she refused.

He then went back to Trelawny and committed the double murder-suicide.

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