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| Cairns deaths: Children's mother arrested for murder | |
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| The mother of seven of eight children found dead in a home in Cairns, Australia, has been arrested on suspicion of murder. | |
| Police said the woman, aged 37, was lucid and talking to investigators. She has not been charged. | |
| She was found at the property, suffering stab wounds, alongside the bodies of the eight children. | |
| They were aged 18 months to 15 years. Police have not said how they died. The eighth child was her niece. | |
| Confirming the arrest, Cairns Detective Inspector Bruno Asnicar said: "The 37-year-old mother of several of the children involved in this incident has been arrested for murder overnight and is currently under police guard at the Cairns Base Hospital." | |
| Police found a number of weapons at the scene which are being examined as part of investigations. | |
| The woman's name has not been released. Her age was first given as 34 but has since been corrected to 37. | |
| A candlelight vigil and church service was held on Friday evening for the children. | |
| Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott said in a statement it was an "unspeakable crime". |