Marketplace deal ends with stabbing, two critical

The West Australian Allanah Sciberras

21 Sept 2026 09:37 AEST Summary

From the report

A marketplace exchange has allegedly taken a violent turn, with three people suffering stab wounds requiring hospital treatment.

This is a summary. The indicators are not. The scores were measured over this summary alone, which is less of the article than we would like and makes them less certain.

Indicators

Niral Score 20.9 mundaneloaded

Highlighted in the text. Words that carry a fact and quoted words are not counted.

marketplace2

Sentiment -0.3 hostilefavourable Sourcing 30 unattributednamed sources Mood 30 sorrowjoyful

5 read zero: political diction, generational, gender, jingoistic, religious

Political diction 0 left-codedright-coded Generational 0 harder on the oldharder on the young Gender 0 no gendered framingframing throughout Jingoistic 0 reports to a readerwrites from a camp Religious 0 not invokedovert

Measurements of how this article is written, not of whether it is correct. How each one is measured.

Measured on The West Australian’s report as filed, which is all we may publish of this one.

How outlets headlined it

Each outlet's own headline. ~~Struck through~~: the loaded words our version leaves out. Plainest first.

The West Australian Marketplace deal ends with stabbing, two critical plain
ABC News 5yo dead, two children and woman critical in Blue Mountains stabbing plain
7NEWS Child dead, two others fighting for life after alleged stabbing in Blue Mountains plain
The Guardian Australia One child dead and two children in critical condition after Blue Mountains stabbing plain
WAtoday ‘Unimaginable grief’: Child dead and two ~~critical~~ after Blue Mountains stabbing caps weekend of horror 1 change
The West Australian Child found dead, two ~~more critical~~ after stabbing 1 change

How each outlet filed it

Also covered by WAtoday, Brisbane Times, The Sydney Morning Herald, The Age, The West Australian. We hold only their summary of it, not the report, so there is nothing of theirs to measure here.

Outlet	Niral Score	Adjectives	Sourcing	Sentiment	Happiness
The West Australianas they published this story	20.9	1	30	-0.3	30
ABC News	7	0	77	-0.5	23.7
7NEWS	4.3	1	77	-0.6	16
The Guardian Australia	6.4	2	83	-0.5	24.8

Also reported by

54 Australian outlets reported this story. These are the ones we do not read; their headlines are matched to this one automatically, so an occasional match may be a different story.

Child found dead , two more critical after stabbing westernadvocate.com.au
Child found dead , two more critical after stabbing theadvocate.com.au
Child found dead , two more critical after stabbing bordermail.com.au
Child found dead , two more critical after stabbing yasstribune.com.au
Blue Mountains , NSW : One child dead , two others and a woman in critical condition after stabbing perthnow.com.au
Child found dead , two more critical after stabbing maitlandmercury.com.au
Child found dead , two more critical after stabbing nvi.com.au
Child found dead , two more critical after stabbing narrominenewsonline.com.au
Child found dead , two more critical after stabbing theleader.com.au
Child found dead , two more critical after stabbing hepburnadvocate.com.au
Child found dead , two more critical after stabbing mudgeeguardian.com.au
Child found dead , two more critical after stabbing nynganobserver.com.au
Child found dead , two more critical after stabbing edenmagnet.com.au
Child found dead , two more critical after stabbing cessnockadvertiser.com.au
Child found dead , two more critical after stabbing bunburymail.com.au

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The same event elsewhere

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WAtoday ‘Unimaginable grief’: Child dead and two after Blue Mountains stabbing caps weekend of horror Niral 17 political 0 Brisbane Times ‘Unimaginable grief’: Child dead and two after Blue Mountains stabbing caps weekend of horror Niral 17 political 0 The Sydney Morning Herald ‘Unimaginable grief’: Child dead and two after Blue Mountains stabbing caps weekend of horror Niral 17 political 0 ABC News 5yo dead, two children and woman critical in Blue Mountains stabbing Niral 7 political 0 7NEWS Child dead, two others fighting for life after alleged stabbing in Blue Mountains Niral 4.3 political 0 The Guardian Australia One child dead and two children in critical condition after Blue Mountains stabbing Niral 6.4 political 0 The Age ‘Unimaginable grief’: Child dead and two after Blue Mountains stabbing caps weekend of horror Niral 17 political 0 The West Australian Child found dead, two after stabbing Niral 13.2 political 0