MELAKA, June 12 -- A 17-year-old Form Five student has been arrested as the prime suspect in the double murder of his mother and elder brother at their home in Taman Rambai Mutiara, Bukit Rambai early this morning.

The Star Online reported the Melaka police chief Datuk Dzulkhairi Mukhtar as saying, the teenager allegedly stabbed his 51-year-old mother multiple times while she was asleep in her bedroom around 5am.

The suspect's 21-year-old brother, who attempted to intervene, was also fatally attacked.

"Both victims died at the scene from their injuries," Dzulkhairi reportedly told reporters at the Melaka police headquarters in Bukit Beruang today.

The suspect also allegedly assaulted his 13-year-old brother, who remains in critical co...