Bhopal: Unidentified assailants killed a woman and her two sons and critically injured her husband in Madhya Pradesh’s Sagar district on Saturday, police said.

The victims were attacked with an axe when they were sleeping in the night. The reason for the criminal act is not yet known.

Sub-Divisional Officer (Police), Santosh Dehariya told IANS on Sunday that some miscreants attacked Bhura Adivasi (40) and his family — wife Sapna, 35, and sons Dou, 8 and Suraj, 5, in Hirapur village.

The police is investigating the matter.