Woman arrested over stabbing of three children in Sydney’s north-west

ABC NEWS (Australia)

A shocking case of apparent family violence. Three children are in hospital recovering from stab wounds. Their mother is accused of attacking them in Sydney’s north-west. The children are aged between 10 and 16.

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00:00A quiet suburban home roused by tragedy.

00:07Emergency services were called to the Borkham Hills address at 5 o'clock this morning after

00:11a father awoke to the screams of his children.

00:15Police will allege they were stabbed in their beds by their mother while sleeping.

00:19Upon waking up to what I would believe to be a number of screams or yells, he's then

00:25gone to approach the situation and from what I am told has secured the weapon and he's

00:31contacted police.

00:33Authorities say a 10-year-old boy had been stabbed twice and his 13-year-old sister was

00:38stabbed three times.

00:40Their 16-year-old sister, who's believed to be paraplegic, was stabbed once and received

00:44a number of lacerations.

00:46Police say the 47-year-old mother was also found with stab wounds.

00:51We believe the father and the children were all in their rooms and potentially all of

00:54them asleep when the mother has carried out this act.

00:59The family had no previous dealings with police.

01:02The three children all attend local schools, a relatively normal family and if I can say

01:07to you this is probably completely unexpected.

01:10Like I said, been here over three years, no conflicts, no nothing, no dramas surprisingly

01:16because I heard nothing.

01:19Authorities believe the mother had been behaving unusually in recent days.

01:23I think it's fair to say that the female's behaviour was a little bit erratic in the

01:27lead up to this incident.

01:29Police are waiting for the mother to recover before they question her.

01:33All three of the children remain at Westmead Hospital in a stable condition.

01:37The only thing I can be grateful for is that those children, you know, they should make

01:41a full physical recovery.

01:43In terms of a psychological recovery, I guess time will tell what that means for them.

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