Cairns stabbing: eight children found dead

A woman is being treated for chest wounds after eight children were found stabbed to death in Cairns

Police at the stabbing scene in the suburb of Manoora in Cairns, Australia.
(Image credit: Ian Hitchcock/Getty)

Police are investigating a crime scene in Cairns where at least eight children aged between 18 months and 15 years have been stabbed to death.

The bodies were found at a house in Murray Street in the Cairns suburb of Manoora. Police are also treating a 34-year-old woman for chest wounds. She is said to be in a stable condition.

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