People carry the body of Indian man Hasnain Warekar, after autopsy from a
hospital in Thane, outskirts of Mumbai, India, Sunday, Feb. 28, 2016.
A man in western India fatally stabbed
14 members of his family, including seven children, early Sunday before
hanging himself, police said.
Hasnain Warekar, 35, went on his
overnight killing spree following a Saturday evening family gathering at
his home, said Gajanan Laxman Kabdule, a spokesman for the police in
the city of Thane, located outside of Mumbai. He said a motive was not
known.
Warekar's extended family - three sisters, their children
and his parents - were among those who apparently had gotten together
for dinner, Kabdule said. Warekar's wife and two young daughters were
also in the house and were among those killed.
The only survivor
of the attack was a sister who was wounded, the officer said, adding
that she was in a hospital and in "a state of shock."
Kabdule said that it appeared that Warekar began his stabbing spree between 1 a.m. and 2 a.m., after everyone had gone to bed.
BBC
reports that Thane police commissioner Ashutosh Dumbre said the accused
"bolted all the doors of the house and murdered his family while they
were asleep."
Local media claimed the victims were drugged, but the BBC reports police have not confirmed that.
The victims' bodies were discovered early Sunday morning.
Kabdule
said the reason for the killings was not immediately clear. The Press
Trust of India news agency reported that a family dispute over property
was behind the attacks.
The bodies were sent to a Thane hospital for autopsies.
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