Mother held over sons' deaths

A US woman whose two young sons were found dead in their Texas home told police: “I just killed my babies,” officers said today.

San Antonio police chief William McManus said the brothers, aged one and three, had been stabbed.

Their 22-year-old mother was calm as she greeted officers who were responding to an emergency call from the house yesterday.

Detention centre electronic records show that a woman whose address was on the same block as the home where the boys were found slain was in custody facing two counts of murder.

A police spokesman said the boys were found next to each other, dressed and on a bed. He says they “looked like they were sleeping”.