Police line [Herald DB]
Police line [Herald DB]

Police have launched an investigation after a mother in her 40s and her two sons, both minors, were found dead in an apartment.

According to Yonhap, a report was filed with emergency services Wednesday morning after a high school student, identified only as A, was found collapsed in an apartment complex in Siheung, Gyeonggi Province.

Officers who responded to the scene began checking individual units in the building to identify the deceased student and came across one unit that showed no signs of activity.

They contacted the father, who lived separately due to work, and entered the unit with him. Inside a bedroom, they found the bodies of the mother, identified only as B, and a younger son, identified only as C, an elementary school student.

The bodies of the mother and the younger son bore wounds consistent with a sharp instrument. A weapon believed to have been used in the incident was found inside the room.

A review of the building's CCTV footage showed the father left for work in Seoul on Wednesday morning. Later that day, C, B and A returned home in succession, and no outsiders were seen entering the unit afterward.

Police plan to request autopsies from the National Forensic Service to determine the exact cause of death of the three family members and intend to question the father and others about whether there had been any conflict within the family.

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