Police hunt man over five stabbing deaths

A 27-year-old man stabbed his wife to death and then drove to a home in a nearby suburb and killed four more relatives before fleeing with his three-year-old son, Californian authorities said yesterday.

Nikolay Soltys, a Ukrainian immigrant with no known criminal record, was being sought for the killings of his wife, aunt and uncle, and two young cousins, Sacramento County sheriff’s Sgt James Lewis said. Authorities divulged no motive.