The local authorities in Warrap State on Tuesday said a pregnant mother burned herself and her four children to death in a hut over the weekend in Gogrial West County.
According to officials, the reason where a woman unknowingly closed the house and set it on fire though attempts to rescue them were not possible from neighbors
Gogrial West County Commissioner Victor Week Kordit told Radio Tamazuj Tuesday that the tragic incident occurred on Saturday in Gogrial Town and attempts by neighbors to rescue the family were futile. He said the neighbors were investigated but that none of them had any problem with the deceased woman.
“The pregnant mother killed herself, her four children, three sons and one daughter after she closed locked the door and burned the house. All died on the spot,” he said. “Nobody knows the reason she killed herself and her children. We asked the neighbors and they said she was friendly with them. She was found purchasing things in the market and at 9 p.m. on Saturday before she set fire to the house.”
Commissioner Kordit added: “She had no problem with her husband who was at another home in Malek village and it was a very tragic death.”
Meanwhile, Ayiek Bath, Warrap State Information Minister Ayiek Bath confirmed the heartbreaking incident.
“It happened on Saturday night in Gogrial Payam where a pregnant woman murdered herself and four children according to reports we received from the commissioner of Gogrial West County,” he said. “No reasons were given.”
Several suicide cases have been reported in Gogrial West County in the last couple of years.