Never in the modern history of Visakhapatnam that the City of Destiny witnessed so many deaths by murder in one single day, which it had done on Thursday.
The city was jolted from its slumber, as the news spread that a 49-year-old man allegedly hacked six members of a family, including two children and three women, with a hunting scythe at Juttada village of Pendurthy mandal on the outskirts of the city, in the wee hours of Thursday. This was followed by reports streaming in that the eldest son of a four-member family had allegedly killed his parents and younger brother and has set the flat on fire, in which they were living at Midhilapuri in PM Palem area. Even the accused in this case was also found dead.
“We had at least nine confirmed cases of alleged murder, only the cause of death of the accused in the Midhilapuri case is to be confirmed, whether it was a suicide or asphyxia due to smoke or any other reason. But nine alleged murders on a single day, has never happened in our…