Suspect : Police say Eh Lar Doh Htoo , 18 , stabbed three young brothers to death with a machete . Three young brothers aged 1 , 5 and 12 were stabbed to death and two other family members were hurt in an attack at a home in eastern North Carolina . Officers were called to a report of a person with a 'machete-like ' knife around 11pm Tuesday and took a suspect into custody , New Bern Police Lt. Ronda Allen said . The officers entered the home and found two dead boys along with one still-breathing brother . They then subdued and arrested 18-year-old neighbor 18-year-old Eh Lar Doh Htoo , who they found still at the scene . The third boy was taken to a North Carolina East hospital , where he died . Their mother and 14-year-old sister were also injured in the stabbing . Allen said they had been treated and released . The father was at work when the horrific attack occurred , police said . 'He 's crazy , ' neighbor Ner Wah said Wednesday . ' I told my wife : 'Be careful . Do n't answer the door . '' The victims were Burmese and had entered the United States via Thailand , according to New Bern Police Chief Toussaint Summers , Jr. New Bern is a coastal town and home to about 1,900 Burmese refugees , who resettled in the area after fleeing persecution from the country once called Burma . 'Anytime this happens in any community , any part of town , it 's surprising , ' the police chief said . The stabbings happened on a street of about 10 row-like homes that face a railroad track and several dilapidated commercial buildings . The mother jumped out the second-floor window of her home after she was attacked , according to neighbor A Lay , who was awakened when she knocked on his door . Her back was bloody . 'She said she needed help and she needed the police , ' said A Lay 's wife , A Bu . Police did not release the victims ' names . Triple homicide : Police arrived to the home around 11pm Tuesday to find two of the boys dead . A third died at a hospital while their sister and mother survived the gruesome attack and were released from the hospital . Investigators work , Wednesday in the backyard of a home where a triple homicide took place late Tuesday , in New Bern , North Carolina . Neighbors say the mother leaped from a bedroom window , her back covered in blood , to get away from the killer . Wah said that like him , Htoo was a member of the Karen ethnic group , an oppressed people whose language has been banned back home . Htoo once came to Wah 's house during the day to ask him to help translate documents , but Wah said they were n't friends . 'We felt very scared of him , ' Wah said . Susan Husson , executive director of the Interfaith Refugee Ministry in New Bern , said the victims ' family and the suspect 's family likely came through her office before settling in New Bern , but she did n't know them personally . She said the first Burmese refugee came to New Bern around 1999 . 'It 's just really hard right now , ' she said . 'It 's been really horrific . ' A neighbor who lives about five houses away said he heard sirens late Tuesday night and decided to stay inside . Horrific : Three brothers who lived in of these New Bern , North Carolina homes were slashed to death with a machete Tuesday night by their 18-year-old neighbor Eh Lar Doh Htoo . 'We were scared . We just locked the door , ' said 23-year-old Yyoch Rmah , who moved to the U.S. from Vietnam in 2006 . He said there were a lot of Burmese refugees in the neighborhood , and people from other countries . Htoo 's first court appearance was scheduled for Friday . Chief Summers told WITN the Htoo is now charged with assault with a deadly weapon and intent to kill inflicting serious injury . The suspect and the victims knew each other , although the suspect was not a member of the victims ' family , Allen said . Allen did not release any potential motive in the stabbings . She said police planned to release more information about the stabbing later Wednesday . But , Chief Summers said , 'This was n't a random event . ' Other charges were also pending against Htoo . He was being held Wednesday on $ 1 million bond . He was slated to first appear before a judge the morning of March 19 . The State Bureau of Investigation was assisting New Bern police . New Bern is a coastal town and home to about 1,900 Burmese refugees , who resettled in the area after fleeing persecution from the country once called Burma .
Eh Lar Doh Htoo allegedly stabbed to death the three brothers and injured their mother and stepfather around 11 pm Tuesday while their father was at work . police knew the New brothers , North Carolina family , police say , who were Burmese . A language barrier initially hampered the investigation . No potential motive was named Wednesday as police found out the horrific details . Htoo was being charged on $ 1 million bond . police say the victim jumped from a bedroom window , her back covered in blood , to get away from the killer .