‘As Tragic as It Gets’: 2 Boys Dead, Mother Arrested

Two primary school students have been found dead in their mother’s home west of Sydney, discovered by their father in “a tragic scene”. The boys, aged nine and 11, were found at about 1 p.m. on Sept. 10 at a home in Faulconbridge in the Blue Mountains. Local police commander Superintendent John Nelson declined to speculate on what had occurred but said the boys’ mother, 42, was under arrest in hospital. He confirmed the father, who has access to the home but does not live there, found the boys and contacted police. “This is about as tragic as it gets for any police veteran, any emergency services turning up there,” Nelson told reporters....