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| Two children found dead in Blue Mountains home with woman in hospital under police guard | Two children found dead in Blue Mountains home with woman in hospital under police guard |
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| Bodies of two boys – aged nine and 11 – discovered inside Faulconbridge home by family member | Bodies of two boys – aged nine and 11 – discovered inside Faulconbridge home by family member |
| Two children have been found dead in a Blue Mountains home by a family member, with a woman en route to hospital under police guard. | Two children have been found dead in a Blue Mountains home by a family member, with a woman en route to hospital under police guard. |
| New South Wales police said officers were called to the home in Faulconbridge at about midday on Tuesday over welfare concerns for a woman and two children. | New South Wales police said officers were called to the home in Faulconbridge at about midday on Tuesday over welfare concerns for a woman and two children. |
| The bodies of two boys, aged nine and 11, were discovered inside the home by a family member. | The bodies of two boys, aged nine and 11, were discovered inside the home by a family member. |
| Police said a 42-year-old woman was taken to Westmead hospital in Sydney under police guard. She was in a stable condition. | Police said a 42-year-old woman was taken to Westmead hospital in Sydney under police guard. She was in a stable condition. |
| “There is no ongoing threat to the community,” a police spokesperson said in a statement. “Police are not looking for anyone else.” | “There is no ongoing threat to the community,” a police spokesperson said in a statement. “Police are not looking for anyone else.” |
| Officers from the Blue Mountains police area command were investigating the circumstances of the deaths, assisted by the homicide squad. | Officers from the Blue Mountains police area command were investigating the circumstances of the deaths, assisted by the homicide squad. |
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| The NSW police commissioner, Karen Webb, was due to speak about the deaths later on Tuesday afternoon. Anyone with information was urged to contact Crime Stoppers. |