Three persons including a five-year-old boy and his father were killed during a bout of violence within a family in Gujarat's Sabarkantha district on Thursday, police said.

Ramesh Bobadiya allegedly hacked to death Lallu Gamar and his son Kalpesh, and subsequently Gamar's brother allegedly killed Bobadiya, said a senior official. The triple murder took place at Ajavas village of Poshina tehsil, said Sabarkantha district superintendent of police Vishalkumar Vaghela.