One-year-old dies after alleged attack on Sunday, while three-year-old sibling remains in critical condition.
Bystanders were first on the scene after finding the three children and the 42-year-old woman with stab wounds inside a vehicle at Valley Heights in the Blue Mountains, west of Sydney, on Sunday afternoon.
On Thursday evening, New South Wales police said the infant had died in hospital and the three-year-old child remained in a critical condition.
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One-year-old dies after alleged attack on Sunday. They said the woman would face an additional charge of murder over the one-year-old’s death.
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One-year-old dies after alleged attack on Sunday, while three-year-old sibling remains in critical condition.
A baby has died in a Sydney hospital five days after a mother allegedly stabbed them and two other children in the Blue Mountains, police say.
Bystanders were first on the scene after finding the three children and the 42-year-old woman with stab wounds inside a vehicle at Valley Heights in the Blue Mountains, west of Sydney, on Sunday afternoon.
A five-year-old child died at the scene, police said, despite witnesses rushing to help, delivering first aid while waiting for emergency services to arrive.
On Thursday evening, New South Wales police said the infant had died in hospital and the three-year-old child remained in a critical condition.
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WAtodaySecond child allegedly stabbed by mother in Blue Mountains attack dies in hospitalplain
The West AustralianSecond child dies in hospital after alleged Blue Mountains stabbing tragedy, incident, police confirm1 change
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