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11 members of same family found dead in house, most hanging from ceiling

Ambulances wait to take the bodies of eleven members of a family who were found dead in their house in Burari, in New Delhi, India, July 1, 2018. [REUTERS]

Eleven members of a family were found dead in India’s capital on Sunday, most of them hanging from the ceiling of their home, blindfolded, gagged and with hands tied behind the back, with police unable to offer any concrete explanation about what happened.

A police statement said some handwritten notes were found in the house “which point towards observance of some definite spiritual/mystical practices by the whole family”.

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