4 year old boy stabbed to death

Detectives are waiting to question a father of two suspected of stabbing his four-year-old son to death before turning the knife on himself.

Neighbours dialled 999 after hearing a furious row at a flat in Southwark, south east London, on Monday evening.

Police officers arrived at the Lynton Estate property to find the body of the four-year-old boy.

The 31-year-old man remained under guard in hospital after undergoing surgery for stab wounds to his neck and body.

The man's 28-year-old wife was taken to hospital suffering a stab wound to the neck. She has since been discharged. A 17-month-old girl was found unharmed.

Investigators believe the man, who has not been named, attacked his wife after she said she wanted a divorce.

Neighbours spoke of their shock on hearing the news of the death of the four-year-old and on seeing paramedics battling to keep the father alive. They said those involved were a friendly, private family who regularly attended a local church and had lived in the flat for about a year.

Kelly Turner, 34, a mother of two girls, aged seven and five, who lives on the floor above the family, said she heard the mother screaming. She said: "I heard her screaming downstairs in the car park, you could tell she was in shock because she had a wound to her neck and she was losing quite a bit of blood. She was saying 'my kids, my kids'. That is when the police came in and knocked down the door and said 'where are the children, where are the children?'"

A Metropolitan Police spokesman said the 31-year-old man was in a "serious" condition. Officers from the force's child abuse investigation command were waiting to arrest and question him.

The spokesman added that no-one has been arrested and officers are not looking for anyone else.

I'm lost for words on this one....it just makes me feel sick esp when i have daughter who's nearly 4

That is really sick, ino it must be hard hearing your wife say "i want a divorce" but that's no way to handle it, god bless to there son, may he rest in piece... as for the father, im sure he'll be put in prison for a few year even though he should be in there for life.

i would hope he rots in prison for what he did....but the british justice system is screwed up so he'll get some sectence where he can walk free after about 5 years or something stupid like that.

some people shouldn't be allowed to breed if thats what they do....

Yep... if you take another person's life or child's for this matter you should get life in prison but then again i think they should have the death penalty over here.

bringing back the death penalty in this country would be the best idea even... but never going happen mainly due to 2 words "human rights"

LOL. But is there proof that man kille them. Coulda been some other knacker who broke in

oh my... that was disguesting
his wife asked for divorce, i understand that, he can get mad but not that far. what i dont understand is why he stabbed his son? can any parents do this?and whats the boys fault?!

i think this man must be having some psychologic diseas or something, because i dont think so there is a full-minded father would do this

and i hope he go to prison for the rest of his life

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