The Star,
KUALA LUMPUR: A couple fed rat poison to their two-year-old son before jumping to their deaths off the 29th floor of their luxury condominium in Brickfields, here.
The couple, aged 34 and 29, whose sprawled bodies were discovered by a security guard on the ground floor of the condominium around 7.30am Thursday, were both Indian nationals.
The body of the child was found in the master bedroom of the family's 14th floor residence. A bottle of panadol, some rat poison and a bloodied knife were found near him.
Police believe the boy's father, a financial consultant in a private firm, had tried to commit suicide by using the knife to slit his wrist but deicided to jump instead.
The family was reported to be in the country for less than two months.
City CID chief SAC II Datuk Ku Chin Wah, who confirmed the incident, said initial investigations placed the time of death between midnight and 4am Thursday.
Police had yet to ascertain the reason for their suicide, he added.
KUALA LUMPUR: A couple fed rat poison to their two-year-old son before jumping to their deaths off the 29th floor of their luxury condominium in Brickfields, here.
The couple, aged 34 and 29, whose sprawled bodies were discovered by a security guard on the ground floor of the condominium around 7.30am Thursday, were both Indian nationals.
The body of the child was found in the master bedroom of the family's 14th floor residence. A bottle of panadol, some rat poison and a bloodied knife were found near him.
Police believe the boy's father, a financial consultant in a private firm, had tried to commit suicide by using the knife to slit his wrist but deicided to jump instead.
The family was reported to be in the country for less than two months.
City CID chief SAC II Datuk Ku Chin Wah, who confirmed the incident, said initial investigations placed the time of death between midnight and 4am Thursday.
Police had yet to ascertain the reason for their suicide, he added.
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