Mother kills 6 year-old child in Kerala, held

In a shocking incident, a woman allegedly killed her six year-old son by slitting his throat at her house at Poolakk here early on Sunday, police said.

woman, who is pregnant, later informed police about crime and was taken into custody.  incident took place at 4 am, y said.

Her husband and two or children were asleep in an joining room and were t aware of incident. Palakk District Police Chief Viswanath R said motive behind crime would be ascertained only after interrogation of woman.