Woman arrested for murder of eight children after stabbing in Cairns

Police say 37-year-old, who was mother to seven of the children, is being treated for self-inflicted wounds in hospital Children found dead in home - as it happened Police discovered 'distressing scene' A 37-year-old Cairns woman has been arrested for the murder of eight children, seven of them her own. Police said the woman, who is also suspected of killing her niece, was "awake, lucid and able to speak".