French father suspected of killing wife and four children

A 33 year old French man has admitted killing his wife and their four children, saying he "heard voices" telling him to "cause harm", the public prosecutor said on Thursday.

French police on Tuesday arrested a man with a history of psychiatric illness on suspicion of murdering his Haitian-born wife and their children. Their bodies had been found at home in the town of Meaux east of Paris on Monday, Christmas Day.