Teen hired hitman to kill 'too strict' mother

A teenager who said his mother was too strict hired a school friend to kill her, police in the US city of Houston say.

Danish Moazzam Minhas, 17, was so angry at his mother that he hired a friend, Nur Mohamed, 18, to carry out the murder.

"Both suspects have confessed to their roles in the killing," a spokesman for Houston Police Department said.

"Minhas told investigators he wanted his mother dead because she was too strict and controlling.

"Mohamed told police Minhas paid him."

Minhas's mother, Tabassum Khan, 43, was found at her home with multiple stab wounds in the early morning of November 25, police said.

Both Minhas and Mohamed have been charged with murder.