8 siblings found stabbed to death at their home in Cairns, Australia

The bodies of eight children who are siblings
and aged between 18 months and 15-years-old,
were found at a home in Cairns, Australia in the
early hours of today Dec. 19th following a
massacre.
Their mother was also stabbed but she survived
and is currently in critical condition in the
hospital.
Detective Inspector Bruno Asnicar said
that the woman was the mother of seven
of the dead children with the other child a
relation. He described the massacre as a
'tragic and traumatic event'. Scores of
detectives, paramedics and forensic
officers have swarmed over the home on
Murray St in Manoora, around 4km west of
the coastal town's main tourist strip.
Details about what investigators found inside
the house has 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 and the
crime scene is completely locked down.
'There's not much else we can say, but what
we have a range of strategies in place to
support the family through this very difficult
time,' Detective Inspector Asnicar said.
'It's a tragic and traumatic with so many
deceased in one place. It's right up there with
some of the most serious things I've ever had
to deal with.'
Ms Thaiday said another sibling, a 20-year-old
man, arrived home to discover his brothers and
sisters dead inside the house.
He is now being consoled by other family
members.
'I'm going to see him now, he needs comforting,'
Ms Thaiday said. She described the family and
extended relatives as close-knit and many live in
surrounding suburbs.
'We're a big family and most of us are from the
(Torres) Strait,' she said, adding that she rushed
to the scene after hearing about the incident on
the radio.
The woman at the centre of the Cairns family
massacre was ‘happy go lucky and seemed to
really love her kids’, Daily Mail Australia has
been told.
Robert Struber, who lived for 20 years in the
house where the stabbing murders took place
said he had spoken with the 34-year-old on
several occasions while visiting his former
neighbours.
He said the last time he had seen the mother a
few months ago she was ‘friendly and happy to
chat’ and that she had mainly looked after her
large family.
Mr Struber had not met the father of the
children.
He said the street had a mixture of Aboriginal
families and people from the Torres Strait and
Cook Islands. he moved out of the four bedroom
house two years ago because it was too large,
and said that following the tragedy he ‘never
wanted to go back inside it’.
Mr Struber described the 34-year-old woman at
the centre of the family massacre as ‘happy go
lucky and seemed to really love her kids’. He
had spoken with her on several occasions while
visiting his former neighbours.
He said she had mainly looked after her large
family well. Mr Struber had not met the father
of the children.
Police said it would be several hours before
forensic officers would be able to complete
their work inside the house - while detectives
continued inquiries to establish what had led up
to the slaughter.
Detectives rushed to the house in Murray Street
at about 11.20am today after they received
reports a woman had suffered serious injuries.
The street has been branded a crime scene and
the area has been locked down. Their home is a
rented Housing Commission residence.
Source: Daily Mail UK

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