11 found dead in Delhi family home

Police investigating ‘mystical’ explanation for apparent mass suicide

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Police hold back onlookers as the bodies of 11 family members are removed from their home in Burari, Delhi
(Image credit: Sajjad Hussain/AFP/Getty)

The bodies of 11 people have been found in a home in Delhi after an apparent mass suicide. At least six of them had died by hanging.

A neighbour discovered the macabre scene in the Burari district of the Indian capital on Sunday, NDTV reports.

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