Man kills wife and two children

PONTIANAK, West Kalimantan: Pontianak police arrested a man here on Saturday after he admitted to killing his wife and two children on Saturday morning.

According to the police report, the 42-year-old suspect, identified as CMB, admitted that he killed his family members after he quarreled with his wife on Saturday morning.

Police sources said that CMB used a knife in the slayings.

The motive behind the killing of the two children, aged four and nine, was not known yet.

Police found that the bodies of the three victims in the living room in a housing complex in Pontianak.

The police also found that there were bruises on the neck of each victim. The three bodies were taken to the morgue of the Soedarso general hospital.

A brother of CMB's wife reported the murder to police. -- Antara