{"id":75612,"date":"2014-12-20T08:38:40","date_gmt":"2014-12-20T08:38:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=75612"},"modified":"2014-12-20T08:38:40","modified_gmt":"2014-12-20T08:38:40","slug":"cairns-deaths-childrens-mother-arrested-murder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=75612","title":{"rendered":"Cairns deaths: Children’s mother arrested for murder"},"content":{"rendered":"

The mother of seven of eight children found dead at a house in Cairns, Australia, has been arrested on suspicion of murder.<\/p>\n

Police say the 37-year-old is talking to officers. She has not been charged.<\/p>\n

She was found at her home with stab wounds, alongside the bodies of the eight children. A coroner is due to conduct post-mortem examinations.<\/p>\n

The victims were aged 18 months to 14 years. Police have not said how they died. The eighth child was her niece.<\/p>\n

Confirming the arrest, Cairns Detective Inspector Bruno Asnicar said: “The 37-year-old mother of several of the children involved in this incident has been arrested for murder overnight and is currently under police guard at the Cairns Base Hospital.”<\/p>\n

“At this stage we’re not looking for anybody else – we’re comfortable that the community at large is safe,” he added.<\/p>\n

‘Unspeakable crime’<\/span><\/p>\n

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Memorials to the children have sprung up in Cairns<\/div>\n
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Forensic teams are combing the property for clues<\/div>\n
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Locals have been shocked by the killings<\/div>\n
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A candlelit vigil was held in Cairns on Friday evening<\/div>\n

Police found a number of weapons at the scene , including knives, which are being examined.<\/p>\n

The woman’s name has not been released. Her age was first given as 34 but has since been corrected to 37.<\/p>\n

The bodies were reportedly discovered by the mother’s 20-year-old son arriving at the home on Friday morning.<\/p>\n

Police have dismissed reports the family had been investigated by social services saying it was “not a problem house”.<\/p>\n

A candlelight vigil and church service were held on Friday evening for the children.<\/p>\n

Memorials have sprung up outside the home in the Manoora district of Cairns.<\/p>\n

Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott said in a statement it was an “unspeakable crime”.<\/p>\n

These were “trying days for our country”, he added.<\/p>\n

The deaths come just days after the siege of a cafe in Sydney which ended with the gunman and two hostages dead.<\/p>\n

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Source: BBC<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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