Man kills wife, two children, then commits suicide by jumping from building in Sharjah

Gulf Today, Staff Reporter

An Asian man committed suicide by jumping from a residential building in Sharjah, after he killed his wife and his two children in their apartment on Tuesday evening. The Sharjah Police have initiated an investigation into the ghastly incident to ascertain the circumstances behind the gruesome act.

According to a police spokesman, the central operations room of the Sharjah Police received a report on the death of a person after he fell from a building on Tuesday evening. Responding to the report, patrols of the Buhairah Police Station, accompanied by the national ambulance, were immediately dispatched to the scene.

The paramedics tried hard to save him and took him to the hospital, but he succumbed to his injuries. On searching the deceased's clothes, a paper was found in his pocket stating that he had killed his wife and his two children in their apartment, then jumped from a residential tower.

The security teams instantly moved to his apartment, where they found that what he had said in the paper was true. They found his wife and his two children killed. The Sharjah Police’s spokesman stated that investigations are under way.