Four people died in an alleged family murder-suicide in Volivoli, Rakiraki in the early hours of Thursday.
A man is alleged to have attacked and killed his wife, brother-in-law and nephew with a knife before killing himself.
The man is also alleged to have attacked his sister and left her seriously injured.
The alleged attackerβs daughter, a Year 6 student, managed to escape unscathed.
Police spokesperson Wame Bautolu confirmed an investigation was in progress with officers from Suva, Lautoka and Rakiraki.
βThe investigation is in its early stages and we do not want to speculate as we need to gather more information,β he said.
The attackerβs nephewβs mother, grieving at home yesterday with several neighbours, said she did not know why her son was killed by his uncle.
βMy motu is gone and I donβt know why he was killed like this,β she said.
She said her son came home at 5.30pm and after doing some chores, told her he was going to drink grog with the alleged killer, his uncle.
βAround 10.30pm, my daughter asked me why isnβt motu home and I said he must still be with kaka and will come home soon. We went to sleep and were woken by police vehicles coming up the road at around 1am. Thatβs when I knew something was wrong and police told me my son had been murdered.β
Alleged family murder-suicide