Depressed Chinese mother kills four daughters, wounds one after failing to give birth to son

A Chinese mother suffering from depression allegedly killed four of her children and wounded another after giving birth to her fifth daughter, Chinese media reported.

The 31-year-old woman, identified only by her surname Zhou, reportedly stabbed her five daughters in their village home in Zhanjiang, southern Guangdong province, on Friday, according to Guangdong Radio and Television.

Zhou, who had given birth to her fifth daughter just last month, was apprehended after villagers called the police.

The children – all aged below eight – were taken to hospital, but four of them died, the report quoted a statement released on Zhanjiang police’s Weibo account as saying.