TUGUEGARAO CITY—Family planning and responsible parenthood advocates here were shocked by news that a 35-yearold woman strangled three of her four children to death in Burgos, Isabela last week.
“It’s a very sad news, tragic,” says Cagayan Valley Regional Director Angelito S. Obcena of the Commission on Population on Friday.
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Asked if the killing has something to do with poverty and population control issues, Obcena said “there are varied factors that should be investigated by a competent professional—in this case, a psychiatrist—to ascertain a conclusion.”
A source familiar with the incident told Manila Standard the woman may have suffered from postpartum psychosis, a known psychiatric emergency among women who just gave birth.
