A man in the <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/category/world/world-regions/middle-east" target="_blank">United Arab Emirates</a>' sheikhdom of Sharjah jumped off a balcony to his death after killing his wife and two children, police said Wednesday.

Officers found the man, whom police only described as an Asian in his 30s, with a paper in his clothing that contained an apparent confession that he committed the slayings, Sharjah police said.

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<a href="https://www.foxnews.com/us/new-york-investigators-probing-fire-chinese-billionaires-apartment-broke-out-hours-after-arrest" target="_blank">Investigators entered his apartment</a> and discovered "that the information in the letter was correct," police said. They did not elaborate.

Sharjah is a <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/world/oldest-pearl-town-persian-gulf-found-united-arab-emirates-island" target="_blank">neighboring emirate to Dubai</a>.

A man who lives in the United Arab Emirates fatally jumped off a balcony after he killed his wife and two children. The man had a confession in his clothing admitting to the slayings.

UAE man fatally jumps off balcony after killing wife, 2 kids

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