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Eight children stabbed to death in Australia home

By Danielle Haynes

MANOORA, Australia, Dec. 18 (UPI) -- Eight children between the ages of 18 months and 15 years were found stabbed to death Friday morning in a suburb of Cairns, Australia.

Police were called to the house in Manoora, a town in far north Queensland, where they found a 34-year-old woman with serious injuries.

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"During an examination of the residence, police located the bodies of the children, all aged between 18 months and 15 years," the Queensland Police Service said in a statement. "The woman is receiving treatment for her injuries and is currently assisting police with their investigations."

The road to the home had been blocked off, and criminal investigators, child protection services and crime scene units were on the scene.

No information had been released about a possible suspect or suspects, or motive.

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