India, April 12 -- A woman allegedly killed her 5-year-old son and 10-year-old daughter in Odisha's Jharsuguda district's Orampada village on Saturday night following a domestic dispute with her husband, said police.

According to police, the woman attacked her two children with sharp weapons after locking her husband outside.

Around 11:30 pm on Saturday, she reportedly woke her husband, saying she needed to step outside. After husband opened the door and exited, she locked the door from inside and used a kitchen knife and an axe kept inside the house to attack the children, said police. She also inflicted injuries on herself and allegedly tried to kill herself, said police.

The husband who failed to enter house despite repeated calls s...