Two brothers are accused of gunning down four family members inside their Texas home before turning the weapons on themselves in a chilling crime that they plotted months in advance, bdnews24.com reports citing The New York Post.
Police believe Farhan Towhid, 19, and his older brother, 21-year-old Tanvir Towhid, carried out the carnage Saturday at the family’s home in Allen, says the report that also cites Fox 4.
All six victims of the Bangladeshi family — including the brothers’ parents, sister and grandmother — were discovered by police dead with gunshot wounds during a wellness check at about 1:00 am on Monday, according to the report.
A friend of Farhan’s told police about a rambling suicide note Farhan had linked to from Instagram, detailing how he and his brother hatched the plan in February to kill their family and themselves if they could not “fix everything,” the report says citing CBS DFW.
Both brothers, who attended UT Austin, battled depression, the note was quoted to have said.
“The plan was simple. We get two guns. I take one and shoot my sister and grandma, while my brother kills our parents with the other. Then we take ourselves out,” Farhan was quoted as writing.
“If I killed just myself, they would be miserable,” he was quoted to have written. “I love my family. I genuinely do. And that’s exactly why I decided to kill them.”
Police on Monday identified the boy’s parents as 54-year-old Towhidul Islam and his 56-year-old wife, Iren Islam, according to the report.
Farhan’s twin sister, Farbin Towhid, had a full scholarship to NYU, the report says citing FOX 4.
The grandmother, 77-year-old Altafun Nessa, was visiting from Bangladesh, the report adds, noting that she was set to go return home next month.
