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| Mother arrested and in hospital after two children found dead in Blue Mountains home | Mother arrested and in hospital after two children found dead in Blue Mountains home |
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| Bodies of two boys – aged nine and 11 – discovered inside Faulconbridge home by their father, with 42-year-old mother under police guard | Bodies of two boys – aged nine and 11 – discovered inside Faulconbridge home by their father, with 42-year-old mother under police guard |
| Two children have been found dead in a Blue Mountains home by their father with the boys’ mother in hospital under police guard. | Two children have been found dead in a Blue Mountains home by their father with the boys’ mother in hospital under police guard. |
| New South Wales police said officers were called to the home in Faulconbridge at about midday on Tuesday over welfare concerns for a woman and two children. | New South Wales police said officers were called to the home in Faulconbridge at about midday on Tuesday over welfare concerns for a woman and two children. |
| The bodies of the boys, aged nine and 11, were discovered inside the home by their father, also a resident, who then contacted police, Supt John Nelson said. | |
| Police said their 42-year-old mother had self-inflicted injuries and was taken to Westmead hospital in Sydney under police guard. She was in a stable condition and had been arrested, the NSW police commissioner, Karen Webb, told reporters. | Police said their 42-year-old mother had self-inflicted injuries and was taken to Westmead hospital in Sydney under police guard. She was in a stable condition and had been arrested, the NSW police commissioner, Karen Webb, told reporters. |
| Nelson, the commander of the Blue Mountains police area, said officers had found a “tragic scene” and all avenues were open to investigation. | Nelson, the commander of the Blue Mountains police area, said officers had found a “tragic scene” and all avenues were open to investigation. |
| Webb, speaking in the Blue Mountains, said NSW police had dealt with a number of “awful and tragic matters” in recent weeks. | |
| “So it’s important that I’m here to support the officers,” she said. | |
| “The older and more experienced you get in this job … things like this still cut to the core. What is not lost on me is that we’ve got officers here [with] children this age.” | |
| The 42-year-old woman was known to police for minor matters, Webb said. | |
| “There is no ongoing threat to the community,” a police spokesperson said earlier in a statement. “Police are not looking for anyone else.” | “There is no ongoing threat to the community,” a police spokesperson said earlier in a statement. “Police are not looking for anyone else.” |
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| Officers from the Blue Mountains were investigating the circumstances of the deaths assisted by the homicide squad. | |
| Anyone with information was urged to contact Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000. |