A woman, who was found dead in her apartment in Jal el Dib north of Beirut, has reportedly killed her 37-year-old schizophrenic son and then committed suicide.

Media reports said Samir Ashkar found the bodies of his wife Janet Shukrallah Hajal, 62, and son Roy Samir al-Ashkar at their apartment upon his return from their summer residence on Monday.

The reports said the woman killed her son with a sharp tool and then cut her wrists, bleeding to death.

They said Hajal had left a letter, saying she killed her son because he suffered from schizophrenia.