STRANGE BUT TRUE:Mother Arrested Over Deaths Of Eight Children
Mourners pay their respects at the house in the Cairns suburb of Manoora |
A woman has been arrested for murder over the killings of eight children at a house in Australia.
The 37-year-old is the mother of seven of the children, who had all been stabbed to death. The eighth child was her niece.
The unnamed suspect is currently under guard at a hospital, where she is recovering from stab wounds to the chest.
Queensland Police Detective Inspector Bruno Asnicar said she has not yet been formally charged with killing the youngsters, who were aged from 18 months to 15 years old.
Police have not said how they died, but are examining several knives in the Cairns home that may have been the murder weapon.