A 41-year-old Japanese woman has been arrested on suspicion of killing her four young children at their home in Sue, Fukuoka Prefecture, on Monday morning.
According to police, the woman’s husband, Masao Fuchi, 39, discovered the bodies in a Japanese-style room on the first floor of the house at around 5:50 a.m., Fuji TV reported.
Police said that the four children, a boy, Shunsuke, aged 10, twin girls Mina and Miyu, aged 6, and a 3-year-old girl, Mio, had been strangled to death with a TV game cord, while their mother Junko had slit her wrists with a kitchen knife.
Police said Junko survived her wounds and was taken to hospital where she is in a stable condition. Police quoted her as saying she killed her children and then tried to kill herself, but will wait until she recovers before questioning her further.
Her husband said everything seemed alright on Sunday night at 11 p.m. when he went to bed.