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Associated Press - Monday November 5, 2001
Srinivas Rao also tried to kill himself after attacking his relatives Saturday, police said in Atreyapuram, a village in the southern Andhra Pradesh state. He was admitted to a hospital under police custody.
Rao had been the only member of the family who was earning money, but he was fired after testing positive for the AIDS virus during a routine checkup at his workplace, police said.
They said Rao killed his mother, father, sister, wife and 3-year old son in the attack, which left two other sisters and a nephew wounded. He then climbed an electric pole in what police said was a failed attempt to kill himself with a live wire.
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