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Eight children found dead at Australian property

– Community reeling –

Who killed the children remains unclear with Cairns Detective Inspector Bruno Asnicar saying there was no need for the public to be worried, suggesting no one was on the loose.

“As it stands there’s no need for the public to be concerned about this other than the fact that this is a tragic, tragic event,” he told a media conference.

“The situation is well controlled at the moment. There shouldn’t be any concern for anyone else out of this environment.”

He added that it was too early to know the chain of events.

“We need to do a lot more work as you can imagine,” he said.

“The crime scene is being locked down and that includes from me. Nobody goes in there until our forensic people have finished and until we have done that we’re not going to be able to clearly establish any relationships.”

Cairns Post reporter Scott Forbes, who is on the scene, said the area where the bodies were found has a large indigenous population.

“All of the people here are actually related to the people who were involved in this incident,” he told the Australian Broadcasting Corporation of those who live on the same street.

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“So they’re all reeling at the moment. But telling us that she was a very, very protective, very proud mother who loved her children dearly.”

A couple who live around the corner said they did not feel safe in the area and it was not uncommon to hear fighting and drinking at night.

“It’s pretty scary. Oh my God,” the man, who did not want to be named, told reporters.

The tragedy came a day after a Melbourne man, Charles Amon Mihayo, was jailed for life for smothering to death his two daughters, aged three and four, in a move the judge said was aimed at punishing his ex-wife.

And it follows hard on a dramatic siege in Sydney in which two hostages and a gunman were killed in an incident that sparked an outpouring of grief in Australia.

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