Mother kills children under train

A mother murdered her two sleeping children and killed herself by lying with them in the path of an express train.

Police in Aalen near Stuttgart, Germany, said bank manager Petra Zahn, 31, killed daughters Jessica, nine, and Vanessa, seven, after a row about money with husband Georg to whom she left a note at their home reading "Forgive me."

Mr Zahn, who found the note on the front door mat, is under heavy sedation in hospital.