Vigil being held for two boys found dead in Coonabarabran

ABC NEWS (Australia)

The small community of Coonabarabran in north-western NSW has held a candlelit vigil for two young brothers who died in what police are treating as an alleged double homicide earlier this week.

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00:00The Coonabarabran community will come together this evening for a candlelit

00:05vigil to mark the lives of two young boys who were found dead by police on

00:10Monday. Today they are being remembered with a candlelit vigil where poems,

00:15stories and memories of their lives will be talked about. The two boys are also

00:19being remembered here in town with two trees being planted in their honour. The

00:24boys are being remembered as close brothers, great friends and active

00:28participants in their community participating in sports such as karate.

00:32Cody Brady has organised this evening's vigil. I think it's so important to bring

00:37community together for that next step in the grief process. You know we're all in

00:44shock and I think if we have a vigil community sees they're not alone and you

00:49know we can share this grief together and heal together and move forward through

00:53that grief process. The 66 year old grandmother of the boys has been taken to

00:58a mental health facility under police guard. Police are treating the incident as

01:02an alleged double murder and is expected to face serious charges.

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