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US murder-suicide kills 4
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THREE children and their father were found dead on Monday in an apparent murder-suicide that ended a standoff at their home in Texas State of the United States, reports reaching Washington said.
A fourth child was wounded in the shootings in Katy, west of Houston.
The reports quoted local police spokesman Robert Hurst as saying that the 32-year-old man had been holding children aged two, seven, nine and 11 hostage and had cut off authorities' initial attempts to negotiate with him.
The standoff started about 1.30am local time on Monday, after the man's wife went to police to report that he had threatened the children.
The man spoke briefly to negotiators, but hung up on them after saying the children were in jeopardy.
Police said the family had recently moved to Katy from Michigan State, where a similar two-hour standoff following a domestic dispute ended peacefully.
(SD-Agencies)
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