Homicide and suicide in Tai Po
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Police are investigating a homicide and suicide case in
which a couple died in Tai Po yesterday (April 4).

About 6.55pm on April 4, a 42-year-old woman reported to
Police that her parents were locked inside their home in Yee
Lai House, Yee Nga Court.

When Police entered the flat, they found the injured couple,
an 81-year-old man and a 79-year-old woman lying unconscious
in their bedroom.

The couple was taken to Alice Ho Miu Ling Nethersole
Hospital where they were subsequently certified dead.

Initial enquiries showed that both of them sustained stab
wounds to their chests. Police believed that the woman was
suspected of stabbing her husband before hurting herself. A
chopper and a fruit knife were located at the scene.

A post-mortem will be conducted later to ascertain the
cause of death of the couple.

Investigations by District Crime Unit of Tai Po are under
way.

Police Report No. 1

Ends/Sunday, April 5, 2009
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