Overview
- Police say nine people were killed in Richelieu near Paramaribo, including five children, with victims found at multiple homes.
- Officials reported that four of the dead were the suspect’s children and that two survivors—a child and an adult—remain hospitalized.
- Responding officers shot the suspect in the legs during his arrest after he attempted to attack them, and he was later jailed following hospital treatment.
- Authorities identified the man only by the initials D. A., 43, and confirmed he was found hanged in custody as investigations continue.
- Neighbors and media cited a phone dispute with the estranged wife before the attack, but police have not released a motive or full identities.