Australian mother charged with murder of 8 children

This photo taken on December 20, 2014 shows a makeshift memorial at the scene where eight children ranging from babies to teenagers were found dead in a house in the northern Australian city of Cairns. (AFP Photo/Peter Parks)

The woman, who is not being named, appeared before a magistrate at a bedside hearing in the Cairns Base Hospital, Queensland police said in a statement. She was charged with eight counts of murder.



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She was initially admitted to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries and later on Saturday arrested and put under guard.



Police so far have not officially announced the cause of death of the children. Investigators were inspecting multiple knives from the house as potential weapons. Other scenarios, including suffocation, are also being considered.



Autopsies on the children would be completed no sooner than Sunday evening, detective inspector Bruno Asnicar said. "We are considering that [suffocation] and that’s why it's taking a bit of timeI Asnicar said cited by AFP.






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