Bodies of four children found in Germany

German officials have found the bodies of four children whom they suspect were killed by their father before he tried to take his own life.

Prosecutors in Lower Saxony say a 36-year-old man is suspected of killing the four children - aged five, seven, nine and twelve - last night.

The man is recovering in hospital with serious injuries, which are thought to be self-inflicted.

He had left a suicide note, blaming "marital problems."

The children's mother was not in Germany at the time of the offence.