8 children stabbed to death in Australia

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Authorities were initially called in the scene after reports of a woman with serious injuries around 11.20am local time.


“During an examination of the residence police located the bodies of the children, all aged between 18 months and 15 years,” police said in a statement. A 34-year-old woman who was injured in the mass stabbing has been taken to hospital.



Police have cordoned off the house and closed traffic on Murray St. while detectives are searching through the property. Ambulances also remain on scene.


The children were apparently all siblings and the 34yo was their mother, a cousin of the injured woman told AAP. According to her, another 20yo sibling was the one who found his brothers and sisters dead inside the house.



Police could not initially confirm the relationship between the children and the injured woman. She is in stable condition and assisting the investigation, Cairns Detective Inspector Bruno Asnicar said.



Police said the situation is under control and there is no need for the public to be concerned about safety.There is no reason to believe that the incident was terrorism related, authorities say.



Officers from the Cairns Criminal Investigation Branch, Child Protection and Investigation Unit, Scenes of Crime and Scientific section are conducting an investigation of the scene, AAP reports.



The tragedy comes as Australia is still in shock following a deadly siege in a Sydney cafe on Monday. It resulted in two hostages being killed along with the gunman after police stormed the cafe some 16 hours into the stand-off.









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