ALBAWABA - Israeli police arrested a man who stabbed his wife and two children, including a toddler, to death in their home in the West Bank village of Taybeh, northeast of Jerusalem.
The man, in his 30s, committed his crime after taking a pill said to have worsened his mental state. He knifed his wife, identified as Baraa Jaber Masarwa, 26, in the kitchen, and their two children, Amir and Adam, while they laid down in their beds. One of the children is two years old, while the other is six-month-old toddler.
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Woman, two children murdered by husband in Taibeh, Israel.
Baraa Jaber Masarwa,26, and her two young children, Amir and Adam were found dead in their home. The woman's husband has been arrested on suspicion of murder https://t.co/xQUk21nAzY
Israeli media reports police arrested the suspect and that investigations were underway to determine the circumstances that led to the crime.
The media reports said the suspect had no previous criminal record and was known to be of good conduct, but that he started using "addictive" pills recently.