Kannur (Keralam) | A woman and her son were found hacked to death in their home in Mattannur here on Tuesday, in a suspected case of murder-suicide, police said.

Jyothi (56) and her son Naveen (21) were found grievously injured on the second floor of their house but died before police could take them to the hospital, it said.

The police said that based on preliminary investigations, it suspects that the son killed his mother and then died by suicide.

Jyothi was a teacher who retired last March and her husband Rajendran is a retired employee of the Kerala State Electricity Board (KSEB).

When he returned from town in the morning, he found them hacked inside the house, police said.

The police's initial conclusion is that the son died by suicide after killing his mother.