UPI – by Amy R ConnollyMANOORA, Australia, Dec. 20 (UPI) — A 37-year-old mother was arrested after eight children were found dead in her home in a suburb of Cairns, Australia. Local news reports said some of the children were stabbed to death.
The woman, who is the mother to seven of the children, remains under police guard at a hospital as she recovers from stab wounds. The eighth child was her niece. The victims range in age from 18 months to 14 years.
Prime Minister Tony Abbott said the news is heartbreaking.
“All parents would feel a gut-wrenching sadness at what has happened,” he said. “This is an unspeakable crime.”
I’ve been to Cairns. It’s the one place I’d like to visit again.
Apparently we’re to assume her stab wounds were self-inflicted.