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Cairns: Eight children found dead at property (Australia)
The Australian ^
| 19th December 2014
Posted on 12/18/2014 7:39:17 PM PST by naturalman1975
EIGHT children have been stabbed to death at a house in north Queensland. The Queenlsand Police Service have released a statement regarding the incident.
Police were called to the Murray Street residence in Manoora around 11.20am following reports of a woman with serious injuries.
During an examination of the residence police located the bodies of the children, all aged between 18 months and 15 years.
The woman, believed to be aged in her 30s, is receiving treatment for her injuries and is currently assisting police with their investigations.
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TOPICS: Australia/New Zealand; Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: cairns; stabbed; stabbing
Note - just to be clear, there is currently no information I have seen to link this to any other event in Australia this week. As horrible as it is in its own right.
To: naturalman1975
If they had knife control this would not have happened.
I don’t mean to make light of it. Just saying. What a horrible story. Those poor children.
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posted on
12/18/2014 7:45:15 PM PST
by
The Ghost of FReepers Past
(Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light..... Isaiah 5:20)
To: naturalman1975
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posted on
12/18/2014 7:45:18 PM PST
by
Gay State Conservative
(Jimmy Carter;No Longer The Worst President In My Lifetime)
To: naturalman1975
A police source has told The Australian the woman has stabbed the children and then herself in a suicide attempt, leaving her unconscious and in hospital.
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posted on
12/18/2014 7:45:25 PM PST
by
TChad
(The Obamacare motto: Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori.)
To: naturalman1975
Does she have a mental disorder, or had some type of incident indicating instability? What about the father of the children?
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posted on
12/18/2014 7:55:06 PM PST
by
Kackikat
(anser)
To: naturalman1975
Guessing it’s the mother who did this. Never could understand how parents can do such to their children.
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posted on
12/18/2014 7:55:23 PM PST
by
bgill
(CDC site, "we still do not know exactly how people are infected with Ebola")
To: Gay State Conservative
As a father of three little ones, I can’t imagine why a person would do this.
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posted on
12/18/2014 7:56:21 PM PST
by
Bulwyf
To: naturalman1975
Watching a live broadcast of the BBC News (it’s 4AM In London now) and the stabbing in Cairns is the lead story.
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posted on
12/18/2014 8:01:58 PM PST
by
Gay State Conservative
(Jimmy Carter;No Longer The Worst President In My Lifetime)
To: Bulwyf
As a father of three little ones, I cant imagine why a person would do this.I worked in a hospital ER for years and dealt with many people with serious mental disorders.Some of these orders are just beyond description.
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posted on
12/18/2014 8:05:42 PM PST
by
Gay State Conservative
(Jimmy Carter;No Longer The Worst President In My Lifetime)
To: Bulwyf
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posted on
12/18/2014 8:06:44 PM PST
by
Gay State Conservative
(Jimmy Carter;No Longer The Worst President In My Lifetime)
To: Gay State Conservative
I guess all the international networks have news teams ready to go in Australia now.
There were some excuses, but international coverage on Monday took a long time to develop, and I’m pretty sure some questions were asked.
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posted on
12/18/2014 8:07:31 PM PST
by
naturalman1975
("America was under attack. Australia was immediately there to help." - John Winston Howard)
To: naturalman1975
I guess all the international networks have news teams ready to go in Australia now.Looks like they're taking a feed from your Seven Network and they had an AAP reporter on the phone.
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posted on
12/18/2014 8:13:07 PM PST
by
Gay State Conservative
(Jimmy Carter;No Longer The Worst President In My Lifetime)
To: naturalman1975
To: Bulwyf
As a father of two adults, I still can’t imagine why anyone could do that.
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posted on
12/18/2014 9:11:35 PM PST
by
353FMG
To: Gay State Conservative
Yes, but one would think that a 15-yr-old would fight back or escape the melee
. or perhaps that’s the kid who killed the younger ones.
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posted on
12/18/2014 10:28:58 PM PST
by
Veto!
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