Mentally ill mom kills 2 sons

An allegedly mentally ill mother stabbed to death her two young children in Quezon City Thursday afternoon.

According to reports reaching the Quezon City Police District (QCPD), Rosalie Roca-Opinga killed her sons Jhoner Nikkie, 6; and Daniel Dennis, 2, inside their house in Barangay Malaya.

Opinga’s mother-in-law, Gerly, said she suddenly heard the children screaming for help around 3 p.m. the other day. Gerly was washing clothes outside the house at the time.

Gerly rushed into the house and allegedly found Opinga repeatedly stabbing the children with a kitchen knife.

The boys’ grandmother immediately wrested the knife from her daughter-in-law’s hands and shouted for help.

Responding policemen from the QCPD Anonas police station arrested Opinga, who reportedly tried to escape.

The children, meanwhile, were brought to V. Luna Hospital but Jhoner died while undergoing surgery around 4:30 p.m., police said. Daniel died about 10 minutes later.

Police said Opinga will be charged with parricide even if her husband appeared to be not interested in filing charges.