Thread: Eight children stabbed to death in Cairns

POLICE have surrounded a house in the Cairns suburb of Manoora where eight children have been stabbed to death.
Murray St has been blocked off as officers swarm the area. The children’s ages range between 18 months and 15 years, and AAP reports that they are all siblings.
The bodies were all found inside. Police were so distressed by what they saw they could be heard screaming for ambulances.
Two adults have been taken to hospital, including a 34-year-old woman, understood to be the dead children’s mother, with multiple stab wounds to her upper body and around her neck.
“It’s very early days but (the woman) is in a stable condition,” Cairns Detective Inspector Bruno Asnicar said.

“As it stands at the moment there’s no need for the public to be concerned about this other than it’s a tragic event. The situation is well controlled at the moment there’s no concern for anyone else in the environment.
“The crime scene will continue now for probably the next day or two and as we get further information we will share that with you.”
Neighbours told media the mother was protective and “loved her children dearly”.
Lisa Thaiday, who said she was the woman’s cousin, said another sibling, a 20-year-old man, came home and found his brothers and sisters dead inside the house.
Police were called at 11.20am.
No further details have been released yet about the second person.
Detectives are searching the yard and ambulances are still at the scene.

Cairns stabbing: Kids dead | Manoora children dead

Bloody horrible.

RIP kids, you didn't deserve that.

There are some fukked up people in this world.

RIP kids

R.I.P.

Wonder what possesses people to think this way!

Update;

Live: Eight children found dead after Cairns stabbings - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

Several fathers and a child support drama.
I would put money on it.
Rip to the kids , what a maniac.

Hope this didn't start from some petty argument about who was having the children on this poxy Xmas day thing coming up

Originally Posted by shaggersback

Several fathers and a child support drama.
I would put money on it.
Rip to the kids , what a maniac.

Originally Posted by nigelandjan

Hope this didn't start from some petty argument about who was having the children on this poxy Xmas day thing coming up

There's every chance there was.

I wonder if he was Christian, I think we'd better ban Christianity.

R I P kids you did not deserve that and the last ones must have been terrified.

Originally Posted by Jesus Jones

Wonder what possesses people to think this way!

If you have to inquire then you've missed the boat.

Tragic.
RIP little ones.

Originally Posted by Jesus Jones

Wonder what possesses people to think this way!

Originally Posted by nigelandjan

Hope this didn't start from some petty argument about who was having the children on this poxy Xmas day thing coming up

probably - christmas in the west means alot of irrational killings and suicides

Originally Posted by baldrick

Originally Posted by Jesus Jones

Wonder what possesses people to think this way!

Originally Posted by nigelandjan

Hope this didn't start from some petty argument about who was having the children on this poxy Xmas day thing coming up

probably - christmas in the west means alot of irrational killings and suicides

A lovely tradition it is.....

The Ozzies are having a bad week. RIP kids.

tis only a short distance in mentality from beating your children to killing them.

Holy fuk.

I read that the mother of 7 of the kids has been charged, maybe couldn"t afford to buy Xmas pressies.

Mersane Warria arrested over deaths of eight children
40 MINUTES AGO DECEMBER 20, 2014 9:42AM

THE mother of seven of the eight children found stabbed to death at a home in Cairns Friday has been arrested for their murders overnight.
The eight children, aged between 18 months and 15 years, were found dead yesterday morning by their 20-year-old brother who raised the alarm with police.
The suspect is 37-year-old Mersane Warria — the mother of seven of the eight children and the aunt of the eighth victim.
In a press conference held this morning at the crime scene Murray St, Manoora, Detective Inspector Bruno Asnicar said forensics officers had spent the night trying to piece together the scene.
“Overnight we’ve had our forensic people still in the house, the deceased have been removed from the residence, today we will have our coroner and pathologist conduct their investigations, with the assistance of the family,” Det Inp 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.
“The bodies have been removed from the residence, autopsies will occur today and it will be after that, we can comment on those sorts of things (causes of death).

“The (forensic officers) are looking for DNA, they’re looking for mapping of the scene to establish what occurred, we’re looking time chronology, they’re looking for the order of the actions that occurred, they’re looking for any trace evidence in the residents itself, they’re looking for blood spatter patterns.
“All of these things our experts are trained to look for, to establish 100 per cent exactly what happened in that house when these offences were committed.”
Police have found a number of weapons in the home.

“We’ve located a number of weapons, once again our very good scientists will be looking at those weapons at some stage we will be able to determine if we have the weapon that was used.
“We are talking about edged weapons, knives.”
Det Insp Asnicar said the house would remain a crime scene “for at least another couple of days.”

“It’s not a thing I set a time limit on, our forensic people are experts in this field and they will keep it, just as long as they need to keep it.”
At this time police are not looking for any other suspects.
“At this stage, we’re not looking for anybody else, we are comfortable that the community at large is safe and have no need for concern.”
The street where the horrific murders occurred was not especially known to police as an area that gets a lot of calls.
“This area does get calls for service, this particular house, hasn’t been flagged for particular calls of service, it’s not a problem house, it’s just an ordinary neighbourhood, a lot of good people, a lot of kids in the area, this is just something that has caught everybody by surprise, it’s an absolute tragic event.”

The 20-year-old brother who was seen at the scene yesterday has been spoken to by police.
“We’ve spoken to everybody, that 20-year-old man, there’s been some speculation there too, he is not of particular interest to us.”
The mother was in a stable condition in hospital recovering from stab wounds.
“At the current time she is awake and lucid and able to speak.”
The officers who faced the horrendous scene yesterday have undergone counselling and are doing well.
“My officers are coping very well, they’re all professional people, they’re very skilled in what they do and we unfortunately get exposed to this type of thing more than anybody would like to, but all the support mechanisms are there in place for us and my staff and they’ll be fine.”

Mersane Warria arrested over Cairns stabbing tragedy

I cant possibly imagine mother stabbing her own children, but it seems so/

Is it just me or does nothing seem as a surprise anymore?

Headlines like this are becoming the norm rather than the exception.

WTF? Merry Christmas....

The mother did it. That was what I feared. Hell.

daily mail

The children, of Torres Strait Islander descent, aren't being named for cultural reasons.

must be abbo/alcohol/drug related then