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Man slays family, commits suicide in Sumgayit

12 November 2010 10:51 (UTC+04:00)

BAKU – A man in the Azerbaijani city of Sumgayit, has killed his four family members and then committed suicide.

Elshad Rustamzada, 40, slammed with a hammer his 82-year-old father, his 33-year-old wife, and his daughters, who were twelve and seven. Further, he jumped off the roof of a nearby nine-story building, the Prosecutor-General’s Office said.

According to preliminary conclusions, the crime resulted from a domestic brawl.

Rustamzada has been recently treated for mental illness, law enforcement agencies said.

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