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 From Hong Kong's Information Services Department
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December 30, 2006
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Crime
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2 dead in Kwai Chung murder-suicide

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Hong Kong Police

Police are investigating a murder-suicide case involving a 48-year-old man and his 36-year-old wife in Kwai Chung on December 30.

 

Shortly after 12.30am, Police received a report from a 12-year-old girl that her parents fell from height from their home in Kwai Ming House, Kwai Fong Estate, after a dispute. They were certified dead at the scene.

 

A hammer was found inside the couple's flat. Police believe the man jumped to his death after attacking his wife with the hammer and pushing her out the window. A post-mortem examination will be conducted January 2.