A 26-year-old woman identified as Hauwa Habibu has been arrested for alleged stabbing her two children to death in Kano state.
The suspect is said to have stabbed her two chldren on Saturday, October 3, 2020 at Diso Quarters in Gwale Local Government Area (LGA) of the state.
The state’s police public relations officer, PPRO, DSP Abdullahi Haruna confirmed the incident in a statement in on Sunday.
He said that on October 3, the police received information that the suspect allegedly stabbed her two children to death with a cutlass.
Haruna said that the victims were identified as Yusuf Ibrahim,6, and Zuhra Ibrahim,3,.
”On receiving the information, we quickly sent our men to the scene and found the victims stabbed,” he said.
Haruna said that the victims were rushed to the Murtala Muhammad Specialist Hospital, Kano and were confirmed dead by doctors on duty.
He said that the suspect also stabbed one Aisha Abdullahi, 10, who was her younger sister and was rushed to the Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital, Kano for treatment.
He said that the state Commissioner of Police, Mr Habu Ahmad, has ordered the case to be transferred to the Homicide Section, State Criminal Investigation Department (SCID), for discrete investigation.
