Father, 40, recovering from self-inflicted knife wounds is arrested for murder of his children aged one and three who were stabbed to death at their Ilford home
A 40-year-old man in hospital with a knife wound has been arrested on suspicion of the murders of 19-month-old Pavinya Nithiyakumar and three-year-old Nigish Nithiyakumar in Ilford on Sunday, the Metropolitan Police said.
Nishanthani Kumar and Nithin Kumar pictured (left) with their son Nigish and, right, Nigish and his sister Pabinya are pictured
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