Police: Nigerian man slits throats of all 4 children, attempts to kill self and wife
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Nigerian police say a man has slit the throats of all four of his children and tried to kill himself and his wife.
A spokesman for northern Kaduna state, Abubakar Zubairu, says the wife sought help from police but by the time officers reached the house all the children, aged 2 to 8, were dead. He said the father, Saleh Magaji, had inflicted a deep cut in his own throat.
Zubairu said Magaji scrawled a message claiming his wife had tried to poison him, so he decided to kill the entire family "so that all of them can go to heaven."
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The wife escaped unharmed. Magaji was being treated in a hospital.
Zubairu said police are investigating Wednesday's killings in Kaduna city.