The birth of the fifth daughter has become a reason of tragedy in China. The mother of five girls, who suffered from terrible depression, killed 4 of her daughters and injured the fifth, since she wanted to have a son.

The South China Morning Post reports, that 31-year-old woman killed her eldest daughter, who was 8 years old, with a kitchen knife. The children were taken to hospital, but doctors failed to save the lives of 4. The woman's neighbors claim, that she had fallen into depression, after the birth of her fifth daughter last month. Her husband was not at home at the time of the murder. Police initiated a criminal case.