Hyderabad, April 17 -- A woman allegedly killed her two young children with a hunting axe before ending her own life in Gajularamaram, under the Jeedimetla police station limits.

The children, aged 7 and 5, were found dead at their residence, while the mother is suspected to have died by suicide shortly after the murder. Upon receiving a distress call, police rushed to the scene and shifted the bodies to a hospital for postmortem examination.

Police said the exact cause of the incident is yet to be determined.

A case has been registered.

Further investigation is ongoing.

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