2 girls among family members found dead in Kuantan house

2026-02-17 - 05:06

According to Bernama, forensic personnel were still investigating the scene of the crime, and the bodies had not yet been removed from the house as of 11.35am. (Bernama pic) PETALING JAYA: Police have confirmed that two young girls were among the five family members who were found dead at a house in Lorong Cerating Damai, Kuantan this morning. Yahaya Othman. Pahang police chief Yahaya Othman said the incident, which occurred at about 7am, involved the two girls aged three and four, their parents, aged 32 and 28, and the children’s 55-year-old grandmother, Bernama reported. He said, initial investigations indicate that the 32-year-old man is believed to have injured his wife, mother and two children with a sharp weapon, suspected to be a knife, before turning the weapon on himself. According to Yahaya, the bodies of the husband, wife and their children were found in a bedroom, while the grandmother’s body was discovered in the kitchen of the single-storey terraced house. “There were victims with visible injuries. The incident was discovered by the suspect’s 15-year-old younger brother, who was in the house at the time and immediately sought help,” he told reporters at the scene. Police also revealed that the man had moved back to his family home about a month ago after resigning from his job in Selangor and had only begun working in Kuantan a week ago. Yahaya said investigations are ongoing, and the motive for the incident has yet to be established. As of 11.35am, forensic personnel were still at the scene, and the bodies had not yet been removed from the house, Bernama reported.