Man hung himself after killing 14 members of his family in Thane. (Photo: ANI)

Fourteen members of a family were found massacred in a house in Thane near Mumbai, early this morning. The incident took place in the city's Kasarvadavli area when the assailant Hasnain Anwar Warekar, slit the victims' throats one after the another.

Among the 13 killed, seven are children and six adults. Later, the suspected accused, Hasnain Warekar, hanged himself taking the death toll to 14. 32-year-old Varekar was found with a knife in his hand.

The police say that all members had come together for a family celebration and were later sedated by Warerkar and then killed with a big knife.



One woman of the family survived the attack and has been admitted to a private hospital. The condition of the survivor, said to be the assailant's sister, is described as critical.

"There is only one survivor. We haven't recorded her statement yet as she is in a state of shock," said Joint Commissioner of Police, Thane, Ashutosh Dumre.

The cops are yet to establish the motive behind the incident.

A forensic team has been summoned to the crime scene while the bodies have been sent for an autopsy, Dumbare added.

