KOCHI: A youth committed suicide after hacking a nursing student and her aged grandparents at Rayamangalam in Perumbavoor. The dead is Basil (21) alias Eldhose of Iringole. The incident happened Tuesday afternoon.

The youth entered the girl’s house at Rayamangalam in Perumbavoor and then committed the crime. He hacked her aged grandparents when they tried to stop him from attacking her. The youth hacked Ouseph, his wife Chinnamma and their granddaughter Alka Anna Binu (20), daughter of Binu Jacob and Manju. They have been admitted at Kalamassery Medical College Hospital. The condition of the girl is reported to be serious.

The youth who fled after the incident reached his house in Iringole and then committed suicide. He reached her house with a weapon and then tried to hack her to death. She sustained deep injuries on head and neck.