Summary:
more-inSATTURA 45-year-old man, M.
Anthony, murdered his two children and inflicted injuries on his wife before killing himself when the police tried to nab him at Salwarpatti near here on Sunday. He also tried to murder his wife Muneeswari 38 and attacked her with a machete. While the two children died on the spot, Muneeswari was left in a pool of blood. When the police tried to nab him he warned them with dire consequences waving the machete to them. The police said that Anthony, who was suffering from mental depression, slit the throats of his two children, Muthulakshmi 9 and Eswaran 4, at his house at around 4:30 a.m..