TN man kills kids, tries to murder wife, commits suicide

According to reports, a 42-year-old man near Sivakasi in Virudhunagar district, killed his kids after a quarrel with his wife. The man, after picking up a quarrel with his wife slit the throat of his two children -- a 4-year-old boy and a 9-year-old girl.

Before fleeing the spot, he allegedly slit the throat of his wife too, but she somehow managed to escape. The police went in search of him after recovering the bodies of his children and admitting his wife to a hospital. When he saw the police, he reportedly took a knife and slit his throat too.