He hit his two children and his wife in their sleep and then attempted to set himself on fire.
This is what would have happened this morning in via Torino in Samarate, in the province of Varese.
The 57-year-old man, according to an initial reconstruction, took up a hammer and struck his entire family, killing his wife, 60, and the younger daughter of 16, and then lashing out at his eldest son, 23.
Subsequently, according to what emerged, he attempted to set himself on fire.
Rescue after the phone call to 112 from neighbors who heard the screams, he was taken to hospital in Busto Arsizio (Varese).
