17-year-old confesses to 'killing family'

(ANSA) - ROME, SEP 1 - A 17-year-old on Sunday confessed to allegedly killing his father, mother and 12-year-old brother at their family home in Paderno Dugnano near Milan, investigative sources said.
    After lengthy questioning, the teen changed his previous version of events saying he had killed not only his father but his entire family, ANSA has learned.
    The teen early on Sunday morning called the 112 emergency service saying he had murdered his father after the man had stabbed his mother and 12-year-old brother to death in their home.
    He said he had woken up after hearing his mom and brother scream and had walked into his sibling's room to find his dad with a knife in his hand beside the bodies of his younger brother and mother in the family apartment.
    The teen said he then took the knife from his father's hands and killed him The 17-year-old, who was questioned by investigators throughout the day, was officially placed under investigation on Sunday afternoon by Milan's juvenile prosecution unit before he confessed to allegedly committing all three murders. (ANSA).