A family of five, including two young girls, were found dead in a suspected murder-suicide at their Kuantan home, with the father believed to be the perpetrator.

KUANTAN: Five family members, including two young girls, were found dead in a suspected murder incident at a house in Lorong Cerating Damai here.

Pahang police chief Datuk Seri Yahaya Othman said the victims were two girls aged three and four, their parents aged 32 and 28, and the children’s 55-year-old grandmother.

Police discovered the bodies of the husband, wife and their children in a bedroom. The grandmother’s body was found in the kitchen of the single-storey terraced house.

Initial investigations indicate 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.

“There were victims with visible injuries,” Yahaya told reporters at the scene. 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.

Police revealed the man had moved back to his family home about a month ago after resigning from his job in Selangor. He had only begun working in Kuantan a week ago.

Yahaya said investigations are ongoing and the motive has yet to be established. As of 11.35am, forensic personnel were still at the scene and the bodies had not yet been removed.

 The Sun Malaysia