UPDATE: Father dies after three children were found dead in Mpumalanga
When police searched for the father of children, they found him at the train tracks critically injured by a train.
The father of the three deceased children found in a house in Breyten has died, he succumbed to his injuries after being hit by a train.
Police are investigating three counts of murder and an inquest docket has been opened, Highvelder reports.
initially it was reported that, on Monday at Breyten, police received a complaint around 3.10pm at Phosa village that three children between the ages 6 and 11 years old were found dead in the house
According to police, their throats were cut with a sharp object and found next to their lifeless bodies were a knife and a hammer.
Police then later received information that there had been an argument at the home which led their father to fetch them early from school.According to an SMS on the cell phone of the mother, the father had said he was going to kill himself at the nearest dumping side but upon police arrival to search for him, he was nowhere to be found.
The police received a call that a train had just hit a person.
On arrival, the family members managed to identify the person as the father of the children who was still showing signs of life.
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