A man stabbed to death nine people, including five children, overnight in Suriname\u2019s capital Paramaribo, police said Sunday, adding the suspect was wounded and arrested.<\/p>\n
The man appeared to be suffering from mental health issues, and four of his own children were among the fatalities in the attack, which took place in and around his home, according to local media reports.<\/p>\n
The suspect had an argument with his wife over the phone before stabbing one of the victims, his 11-year-old daughter, 44 times in the kitchen of their home, local media reported.<\/p>\n
\u201cA man killed four adults and five children with a sharp object at a residence in Hadji Iding Soemitaweg,\u201d the local police said in a statement.<\/p>\n
\u201cA sixth child and an adult were seriously injured and were transported\u201d to the hospital, according to the statement.<\/p>\n
Officers who arrived on the scene had to open fire on the suspect, as \u201che attacked police with a sharp object,\u201c the statement said.<\/p>\n
The man sustained a gunshot wound to the leg and has been hospitalised under police supervision, police said without identifying him.<\/p>\n
\u201cFurther details regarding the true circumstances of this tragic attack will follow,\u201d the statement concluded.<\/p>\n
According to the local press, which visited the scene of the attack and spoke to the man\u2019s neighbours in Hadji Iding Soemitaweg, a neighbourhood in the Commewijne district, the suspect had mental health issues.<\/p>\n
Suriname\u2019s President Jennifer Geerlings-Simons issued a statement in response to the killings on her Facebook page.<\/p>\n
\u201cAt a time when family and friends should stand together and support one another, we are faced with the harsh reality that there is another side to the world,\u201d she wrote.<\/p>\n
\u201cA father who takes the lives of his own children and, in the process, kills his neighbours as well. I wish all those in mourning much strength, courage, and comfort in this unimaginably difficult time.\u201c<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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