Mother jumps into well with 3 daughters

Mother jumps into well with 3 daughters

May 17, 2013   12:12 pm

A woman attempted to commit suicide by jumping into a well with her 3 children in Vavuniya this morning.

Neighbors had managed to rescue the mother, however the three children had already perished by then, police said.

The woman’s three daughters -aged 1, 3 and 4, had drowned inside the well.

The mother of three, a resident of Thandikulam in Vavuniya, has been arrested while Vavuniya Police is conducting further investigations.


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