Children the victim in 50% of murder suicides

More than half of all victims of murder-suicide were children killed by a parent, a study has found.

Some 46 people lost their lives between Jan 2001 and Jun 30 of this year, due to a phenomenon commonly known as murder-suicide — where an individual kills another and subsequently commits suicide, either immediately or within a short period of time.

The total includes 27 victims and 19 perpetrators.