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Two children found dead in Blue Mountains home with woman in hospital under police guard Mother arrested and in hospital after two children found dead in Blue Mountains home
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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 their father, with 42-year-old mother 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. Two children have been found dead in a Blue Mountains home by their father with the boys’ mother in 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 the boys, aged nine and 11, were discovered inside the home by their father, who then contracted police, Supt John Nelson said.
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 their 42-year-old mother had self-inflicted injuries and was taken to Westmead hospital in Sydney under police guard. She was in a stable condition and had been arrested, the NSW police commissioner, Karen Webb, told reporters.
“There is no ongoing threat to the community,” a police spokesperson said in a statement. “Police are not looking for anyone else.” Nelson, the commander of the Blue Mountains police area, said officers had found a “tragic scene” and all avenues were open to investigation.
Officers from the Blue Mountains police area command were investigating the circumstances of the deaths, assisted by the homicide squad. “There is no ongoing threat to the community,” a police spokesperson said earlier in a statement. “Police are not looking for anyone else.”
Officers from the Blue Mountains 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. Anyone with information was urged to contact Crime Stoppers.