Two children aged 3 and 1.5 years were found stabbed to death in a car during the night from Thursday to Friday in Essonne. The father of the victims was taken into custody.

Two children, aged 3 years and 19 months, were found stabbed to death on the night of Thursday April 11 to Friday April 12 in Forges-les-Bains, in Essonne, according to information from Le Parisien. Earlier in the evening, the father of the victims was transported to Etampes hospital by emergency services after a car accident in which the man allegedly hit a tree. Treated by medical staff for his minor injuries and under the influence of alcohol, the individual declared having stabbed his two children to death, according to the newspaper.

The father specified the location where the bodies of the two victims were located: in the trunk of a car located near a recycling center close to the scene of the accident. After these confession-like statements, the man was arrested and taken into custody by the gendarmes, adds the Ile-de-France newspaper. It must be heard in the coming days before the Evry public prosecutor’s office decides whether or not to open a judicial investigation.