Six relatives died in an apparent murder-suicide in the Dallas suburb after two brothers made a suicide pact that included the deaths of other relatives, police said.
Allen’s police found out about the deaths after a concerned friend called the police at about 1 am on Monday, concerned that a person was suicidal, the police sergeant. Jon Felty said.
“The two brothers reached an agreement that they would commit suicide and, from there, go where the whole family would be taken with them,” said Felty.
One of the brothers described in an Instagram post what happened or was going to happen, said Felty.
One brother was 19 and the other was in his 20s, he said. Victims include a grandfather, two parents and a sister, he said.
Police identified the dead on Monday as the 54-year-old father, Towhidul Islam; Mother Iren Islam, 56 years old; Grandmother Altafun Nessa, 77; Tanvir Towhid, 21; and the 19-year-old twins Farbin Towhid and his brother Farhan Towhid, according to NBC Dallas-Fort Worth.
