HONG KONG - A WOMAN apparently threw her children - who were
tied up - from the 24th floor of a Hong Kong apartment building
before jumping to her own death, police and media reports said on
Monday.
The 12-year-old girl was found dead on Sunday with her hands and legs tied together, while her
nine-year-old brother also had his hands bound, police said in a
statement.
The woman, whose husband is terminally ill with cancer, then threw
herself off the building, reports said.
Police are treating the deaths as murder and suicide.
The family lived in the northern Tin Shui Wai part of the
territory, which has been dubbed the 'city of sadness' because of
high levels of domestic violence and poverty.
The unemployed couple had moved to Hong Kong from mainland China
seven years ago, the South China Morning Post said.
Despite the city's booming economy, more than 20 per cent of Hong
Kong's population live in poverty - more than double the number two
decades ago. -- AFP
