Man Hacks Five Kids To Death In Thailand

(MENAFN- Arab Times) A man with a history of mental illness hacked five young children to death and stabbed a pregnant woman in a knife rampage in northern Thailand, police said Monday. The mass murder took place on Sunday afternoon in a village in Chai Prakarn district of Chiang Mai province. "Five boys were killed by a mentally ill man using a chopping knife," Police Lieutenant Colonel Sombut Kalasuk from Chai Prakarn police told AFP. "The wounds were to their necks and heads - they were aged from five months to eight years old," he added.