12/01/2007

Triple murder victims named

Police have named the woman and her two daughters found dead in a house in east London.

Juli Begum, 26, and her children Anika Khanum, five, and Thanha Khanum, six, were found dead at their home in Nelson Street in East Ham on Wednesday.

Police had entered the house after being contacted by a worried relative who had not heard from Ms Begum for nine days.

Police said that there had been no signs of forced entry at the house.

Post-mortem examinations revealed that Anika was strangled, while Thanha died from a head injury.

The cause of Ms Begum's death is still to be established and further post-mortem tests are due to be carried out.

Scotland Yard has launched a triple murder investigation.

(KMcA)


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