Mum 'kills three young daughters before calling police and blaming her husband'
A woman has been arrested after she allegedly killed her three young daughters in a Hong Kong flat.
The three girls, aged 2, 4 and 5, were unresponsive all in the same bed, when officers arrived at their apartment.
Police attended the property after receiving a call from the woman, who told police that they had been killed by her husband.
Police Superintendent Alan Chung said the woman and her husband had been separated for about a year, and they believe the woman was guilty of the killings.
The children were declared dead at a hospital and the case has shocked many in the city where violent crime is rare.
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Chung said the killings might have been related to her troubled relationship with her husband or that it was possible the woman did not want her three daughters to be taken care of by other people after a divorce.
He said no wounds were found on their bodies and no sharp objects or drugs were found at the scene.
He said a bloodstained pillow was found and it was possible it was used to smother the children.
The apartment block where the family lived (Google Maps)A source familiar with the case told the South China Morning Post that the woman had confessed to the killings after she earlier claimed her estranged husband had murdered the girls and stabbed her.
The woman and the girls lived in a small apartment in Sham Shui Po, one of the poorest districts in the financial hub.
The case shocked police as the woman appeared normal when police arrived at the apartment and there was no evidence that she had a bad relationship with her daughters.
However, it later transpired the woman was incoherent and talking about ghosts so was sent for a psychiatric assessment.
Chung said the woman answered the door when officers arrived, but the bedroom door was locked.
The little girls were found unconscious on a bed after officers broke the door down.
Susan Chi, a volunteer who was working on the second floor of the building, told the Post she saw police holding a girl whose face was pale and another child was on a stretcher.
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She added both girls were motionless when police rushed them down the stairs.
“I was heartbroken to see this happening in front of my eyes,” Chi said.
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