Four children die after being poisoned by mother

LAHORE: Four children passed away and one is hospitalized after being poisoned by their mother in Toba Tek Singh, Rescue 1122 said on Friday. 

According to the emergency service, the woman and her husband had strained relations and this morning they had a scuffle over a petty issue.

The angry woman gave poison to her five children aged between three to 13 years and then also consumed it. Soon afterwards, the condition of the kids deteriorated.

After being alerted, Rescue 1122 reached the house and shifted the children and their mother to hospital where four of the children died while their mother and the fifth kid were being treated.