民家で子ども３人死亡　殺人容疑で４９歳母を逮捕―神奈川県警

　２９日午後１０時５５分ごろ、神奈川県海老名市国分南の民家で、帰宅した父親から「子ども３人が頭部を負傷している」と１１９番があった。３人は病院に搬送されたが、その後死亡が確認された。県警は３０日、長男への殺人容疑で、母親の会社員林敦子容疑者（４９）を逮捕した。「事実です」と容疑を認めているという。
　逮捕容疑は２９日午後３時半ごろ、自宅で小学４年の長男怜生君（９）を殴るなどして死亡させた疑い。
　他に死亡したのは中学３年の長女莉子さん（１５）、中学１年の次女茉子さん（１３）。いずれも頭部を負傷していた。
　消防によると、林容疑者は自宅で自殺を図ろうとしており、搬送されたが命に別条はなかった。県警は、莉子さんと茉子さんの死亡についても殺人容疑を視野に捜査する。（2024/12/30-22:35）

A 49-year-old woman in eastern Japan has been arrested for allegedly killing her son, 9, who was found dead along with two other children of the suspect.
   Around 10:55 p.m. Sunday, the children's father, upon returning to the family's home in the city of Ebina, Kanagawa Prefecture, just south of Tokyo, made an emergency call to firefighting and medical services reporting that the kids had sustained head injuries.
   The three children were confirmed dead after being rushed to hospital.
   The mother, Atsuko Hayashi, was arrested by the Kanagawa prefectural police department Monday on suspicion of murdering the son, Rei, an elementary school fourth grader, partly by beating him at the home around 3:30 p.m. Sunday. Hayashi, a corporate worker, admitted the allegations.
   The other two children were the couple's 15-year-old first daughter, Riko, a junior high school third grader, and their second daughter, Mako, 13, a first grader at junior high school. Both girls also had head injuries.