Chinese mother and four children stabbed to death in New York home
Father arrived home as his family was being butchered to death but unable to stop them from dying; a mentally-ill relative is held by police
A Chinese mother and her four young children, including a toddler, were killed in a late-night stabbing rampage at their home in New York City, and a 25-year-old man has been taken into custody, police said yesterday.
Authorities identified the victims as Qiao Zhen Li, 37; Linda Zhuo, 9; Amy Zhuo, 7; Kevin Zhuo, 5; and William Zhuo, 1.
Police arrived at the scene on Saturday night and found all five victims unconscious and unresponsive, a spokesman said. The toddler and two girls were pronounced dead at the residence by ambulance crews. They rushed the seriously injured woman and the boy to hospitals, but doctors were unable to save them.
Fire department spokesman Jim Long said emergency workers responded just before 11pm to an emergency call from a person at the home in the Sunset Park neighbourhood.
Media reports said the dead woman's sister, who was in the apartment at the time of the killings, survived unscathed and made the call.
