Eight children found dead in a house in Australia

A gruesome discovery in a house in Cairns, Australia.

The bodies of eight children aged 18 months to 15 years were found Friday by their older brother. Alongside them, one seriously injured woman was immediately hospitalized.

His condition is stable according to the police could question him. This would be the mother of some children. At present very little information about this incident. Several Australian media, the children were stabbed and suffocated. In the district, there is consternation.

The crime took place in a suburb of Cairns, the largest city in the northeast of Australia.

Investigators would like to reassure residents: no murderer fugitive is sought.

The area was cordoned off, forensic going to comb the house of the drama.

A tragic event three days after the hostage-taking in a cafe in Sydney which resulted in three deaths.