Man held after wife and children stabbed to death
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August 16, 2011, Tuesday
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A POLISH man is suspected of killing his wife, their two children, his father-in-law and two family friends in a frenzied stabbing spree, the deadliest crime in memory on the British Channel Island of Jersey, according to police and local residents.
Detective Superintendent Stewart Gull of Jersey police said a man, two women and three young children stabbed to death on Sunday came from two families, one of them Polish. He said the other family was from Jersey.
Polish officials said they believed all the victims were of Polish origin.
A 30-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of murder. He was in a hospital yesterday after undergoing surgery for knife injuries that witnesses said were self-inflicted.
Gull said four victims were found inside the Polish family's apartment on a secluded residential street in the island's capital, St Helier. Two were found outside the building.
He said it was too early to speculate about a motive for the killings.
A news agency identified the victims as the man's wife, their two children and the wife's father, as well as a family friend and her child.
Neighbors reported hearing screams before police and ambulances arrived on Sunday.
Bryan Ogesa, who lives in the same building, said he heard screaming and ran outside to see a man with a knife chasing a woman, and another woman lying on the ground.
"She was responsive, but just mumbling," he said. "That is when the guy started coming towards us. He was mumbling as well."
Ogesa said he fought the man off with a traffic cone before the attacker turned the knife on himself.
Police on the island - a tax haven and holiday destination 22 kilometers off the French coast - say the crime is the deadliest in living memory.
Jersey, a 118 sq km British dependency with a population of 90,000, has experienced no murder since 2004.
Between 3,000 and 5,000 Polish nationals live on Jersey.
Detective Superintendent Stewart Gull of Jersey police said a man, two women and three young children stabbed to death on Sunday came from two families, one of them Polish. He said the other family was from Jersey.
Polish officials said they believed all the victims were of Polish origin.
A 30-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of murder. He was in a hospital yesterday after undergoing surgery for knife injuries that witnesses said were self-inflicted.
Gull said four victims were found inside the Polish family's apartment on a secluded residential street in the island's capital, St Helier. Two were found outside the building.
He said it was too early to speculate about a motive for the killings.
A news agency identified the victims as the man's wife, their two children and the wife's father, as well as a family friend and her child.
Neighbors reported hearing screams before police and ambulances arrived on Sunday.
Bryan Ogesa, who lives in the same building, said he heard screaming and ran outside to see a man with a knife chasing a woman, and another woman lying on the ground.
"She was responsive, but just mumbling," he said. "That is when the guy started coming towards us. He was mumbling as well."
Ogesa said he fought the man off with a traffic cone before the attacker turned the knife on himself.
Police on the island - a tax haven and holiday destination 22 kilometers off the French coast - say the crime is the deadliest in living memory.
Jersey, a 118 sq km British dependency with a population of 90,000, has experienced no murder since 2004.
Between 3,000 and 5,000 Polish nationals live on Jersey.
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