A 40-year-old Brakpan North father is alleged to have killed his two young children before taking his own life on Saturday evening.

According to Brakpan police, officers were summoned to an address along Abramowitz Street at around 20:40.

When they arrived, they were told two boys had been strangled and taken to the Far East Rand Hospital.

An officer proceeded to the hospital and was informed both children had died.

The youngest was nine months old and his brother was four years old.

The father’s body was found in a nearby veld hanging from a tree.

Cases of murder and an inquest docket have been opened.

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