10-Year-Old Kills Younger Brother With Axe In Maharashtra: Police

The incident took place on Monday, when the boys' parents, farm labourers from neighbouring Karnataka, had left for work on a field in Naigaon village, an official said.

A 10-year-old boy has been detained for allegedly killing his younger brother with an axe in Maharashtra's Satara district, police said on Wednesday. The incident took place on Monday, when the boys' parents, farm labourers from neighbouring Karnataka, had left for work on a field in Naigaon village, an official said. The accused minor was jealous of his eight-year-old brother for getting more attention from the parents, the official from Shirwal police station said. "When their parents left for the farm, the brothers quarrelled over something. The victim had allegedly picked up an axe and started running towards the field and when the older boy tried to snatch the weapon away, the rear end hit the victim," he said.