Elderly brothers found dead in apparent murder-suicide

 

Police talking to family members and witnesses at the scene of the apparent murder-suicide in Ipoh. (Bernama pic)

IPOH: Two brothers, both senior citizens, were found dead at a house here in what police believe was a murder-suicide.

Acting Perak police chief Azizi Mat Aris said police were alerted of the incident at 10am and a team was sent to the scene in Jalan Mohamed Naseh.

There, they found a man lying on the kitchen floor in a pool of blood with stab wounds while another man was found hanged outside the house.

Early information revealed that the men were brothers and had been involved in an argument.

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“The wife of the younger sibling had tried to break off the fight but her thumb got slashed in the process. We are still investigating the reasons behind the fight.

“Witnesses said they kept hearing arguments in the house,” he told reporters at the scene.

He said the investigating team found a knife, believed to be the murder weapon, at the scene.

Azizi said the elder brother, 70, was a taxi driver while his 67-year-old brother was a pensioner.

He said there were family members present during the incident and police would take down statements from them for the investigations.

The case is being investigated under Section 302 of the Penal Code for murder. - FMT