MIRPUR (AJK), April 13: A 25-year-old woman killed herself and her three children by jumping down a well in Peithoo Rana village in Bhimbher on Sunday after her husband decided to marry again.

According to police, quarrels between the husband and the wife led the woman to commit suicide and kill her own children.

The deceased were identified as Rehana Kousar, wife of Mohammad Ilyas, Zia, 3, Husnain, 5, and Safayan, 7.

A police officer said that bodies of the four victims had been handed over to the woman’s parents.—APP

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