BHOPAL: Six members of a family, including two children, were hacked to death in a village in India’s Madhya Pradesh state.
Villagers caught hold of the attackers and lynched one of the accused. Police shot at one of them when the killers tried to escape.
The murders rocked the village under Bijadandi Police Station area, Indian media reports have said.
Police said the six were killed by Harish Soni and his brother Santosh Soni, who are mentally unstable.
The killers were related to the family. According to the police, six people were killed using sharp-edged weapons.
Police have launched an investigation into the case.
(With inputs from Agencies)
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