A twenty-eight year old mother in Jaffna was found dead inside her home along with her three children.

It is suspected the mother fed poison mixed with ice cream to her three children – aged 4, 2 and 1 –before consuming the poison herself.

It is learned the father of the family had committed suicide a month ago due to failure to settle debts.

Jaffna Police had learned of the deaths after a neighbor visited the house and saw the mother and three children with blood coming out of their mouths.

The bodies of the deceased have been taken to the Jaffna Hospital for postmortem.

Jaffna Police is investigating the deaths.