India, Feb. 25 -- Grim details are emerging from Venjaramoodu in Kerala's Thiruvananthapuram district where a 23-year-old youth allegedly killed five people in three locations and went to the police to confess the crime on Monday.

The victims include the accused's teenage brother, grandmother, paternal uncle, aunt, and a young woman, who is said to be his girlfriend. He had also confessed to killing his mother, who survived the massacre but remains in critical condition.

Police officials said what they witnessed when they entered the three crime scenes was one of the most brutal assaults Kerala has seen in recent years.

The body of Farsana, a postgraduate student at a college in Kollam and reportedly the girlfriend of Afan, the accused...