Three children aged 2, 11 and 13 were found dead in a house in Taninges, the gendarmerie said.
The bodies were discovered by their father.
According to a source close to the investigation, the mother is currently being sought by the authorities.
Three children, aged 2, 11, and 13, were found dead in their house in Taninges, Haute-Savoie, the gendarmerie confirmed. According to the police-justice service of TF1/LCI, confirming information from Parisian it was their father who allegedly found the bodies. The mother, depressed, is “actively sought”confirmed the Bonneville prosecutor in the evening, in a press release.
“Several hearings of the close entourage of this blended family are currently underway and the mother, aged 45, is actively being sought,” declared Boris Duffau, specifying that an investigation for “intentional homicides” had been opened. “It is established that the victims have stab wounds”he added.
Emergency services were called around 12:30 p.m. but could only note the deaths, the firefighters said, confirming information from the Dauphiné Libéré. According to the regional daily, around sixty gendarmes and a helicopter are mobilized for the search.
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