Health / New South Wales

Second child allegedly stabbed by mother in Blue Mountains attack dies in hospital

The Sydney Morning Herald Daniel Lo Surdo

24 Sept 2026 19:44 AEST Summary

From the report

The one-year-old died in hospital on Thursday, five days after the alleged stabbing attack. The mother has been charged with a second count of murder.

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 3.6 mundaneloaded

None in this text. Words that carry a fact and quoted words are not counted.

attack2hospital2mother2second2

Sentiment -0.3 hostilefavourable Sourcing 51 unattributednamed sources Mood 13.9 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

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How outlets headlined it

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

The Sydney Morning Herald Second child allegedly stabbed by mother in Blue Mountains attack dies in hospital plain
The Guardian Australia Second child dies after alleged Blue Mountain stabbing as mother faces additional murder charge plain
The West Australian Second child dies in hospital after alleged Blue Mountains stabbing ~~tragedy,~~ incident, police confirm 1 change

How each outlet filed it

Also covered by WAtoday, Brisbane Times, 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 Sydney Morning Heraldas they published this story	3.6	0	51	-0.3	13.9
The Guardian Australia	13.4	2	56	-1.1	0

Also reported by

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Second child dies after Blue Mountains stabbings , mother charged with murder 2lt.com.au

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The same event elsewhere

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WAtoday Second child allegedly stabbed by mother in Blue Mountains attack dies in hospital Niral 3.6 political 0 Brisbane Times Second child allegedly stabbed by mother in Blue Mountains attack dies in hospital Niral 3.6 political 0 The Age Second child allegedly stabbed by mother in Blue Mountains attack dies in hospital Niral 3.6 political 0 The Guardian Australia Second child dies after alleged Blue Mountain stabbing as mother faces additional murder charge Niral 13.4 political 0 The West Australian Second child dies in hospital after alleged Blue Mountains stabbing incident, police confirm Niral 15.7 political 0