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Report: 8 children found stabbed to death in Australia home Report: 8 children found stabbed to death in Australia home
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Eight children have been found stabbed to death near the town of Cairns in Australia, according to Australian Broadcasting and other news outlets. So far no information is available about the circumstances of the crime, and no suspect has been identified. Updated
The ages of the children reportedly range from 18 months to 15 years, all found in a home. The area is described as poor. Eight children have been found stabbed to death near the town of Cairns in for northeastern Australia, according to Australian Broadcasting and other news outlets. So far no information is available from authorities about the circumstances of the crime, and no suspect has been identified.
Cairns is in the far northeast of Australia in Queensland on the Coral Sea. The ages of the children reportedly range from 18 months to 15 years, all found in the same home. The area is described as poor.
According to The Australian, a 34-year-old woman has been taken to the hospital from the home. The paper quoted Lisa Thaiday from the scene, saying that the women, her sister, was the mother of the children.
Thaiday said another sibling, a 20-year-old man, arrived home to find his brothers and sisters dead inside the house.
Detective Inspector Bruno Asnicar told reporters that “as it stands at the moment, there’s no need tof the public to be concerned about this other than the fact that it’s a tragic, tragic event….The situation is well controlled at the moment.”Detective Inspector Bruno Asnicar told reporters that “as it stands at the moment, there’s no need tof the public to be concerned about this other than the fact that it’s a tragic, tragic event….The situation is well controlled at the moment.”