15 Aug 2011

Six stabbed to death on island

8:22 am on 15 August 2011

Six people,including two children, have been killed in a stabbing on the island of Jersey.

The BBC reports the stabbing happened at a property in the island's capital, St Helier.

All the victims were believed to be members of the same family.

A man is in police custody at Jersey hospital after undergoing surgery.