Sad: Eight Siblings Murdered In Their Australian Home

A relative has told of her horror after the bodies of eight children, believed to be siblings aged between 18 months and 15-years-old, were found dead at a Cairns home following a massacre just six days before Christmas.

It is understood the children were stabbed and suffocated inside the house. A woman, 34, was also rushed to hospital in a critical condition with stab wounds to her chest but was assisting police.

Cairns Regional Crime Co-ordinator Detective Inspector Bruno Asnicar said that the woman was the mother of seven of the dead children and the other child was related. He described the massacre as a ‘tragic and traumatic event’.

The woman’s devastated cousin, Lisa Thaiday earlier told reporters the woman was the children’s mother. ‘I just can’t believe it,’ she said. ‘Those poor babies.’

Manoora, around 4km west of the coastal town’s main tourist strip, is a suburb that historically has suffered a bad reputation and high crime rates. In June, media revealed the suburb was at the centre of a secret government report into youth sexual abuse and domestic violence.

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Details about what investigators found inside the house have not been revealed but a neighbour said she had been told there were bloody scenes ‘everywhere’ inside. Officers who arrived first on the scene said it was like ‘something out of a horror movie’.

Specialist police officers are now on their way from Brisbane to help with the situation including senior Homicide Squad detectives as well as forensic and child trauma specialists. The crime scene is completely locked down and there are no formal suspects as yet.

Source: MailOnline