Jordanian man commits suicide after killing wife, two children

Middle East News

Aug 10, 2009, 11:08 GMT

Amman - A Jordanian pharmacist killed his wife and two sons before turning the gun on himself in his home in Amman's Rabia neighbourhood, newspaper reports said Monday. The couple's daughter, who hid in the bathroom during the shooting spree on Sunday, sustained minor injuries and was being treated in hospital on Monday. The 12-year-old had used a mobile phone to inform police of the attack in which her 40-year-old mother and brothers, aged nine and five, were shot dead. 'We still do not have a motive for this unfortunate incident, and investigations are going on to know the reasons behind the murder,' official spokesman for the Public Security Department Major Mohammad Khatib said.

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