The bodies of two boys, aged nine and 11, were found in a home in Faulconbridge. The mother has been rushed to hospital and has been arrested pending further investigation.
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00:00Just before 12.40pm today, regarding the concern for welfare of a woman and two children, police
00:09attended a short time later and discovered the bodies of two children, two boys, one
00:15aged 9 and one aged 11.
00:20The female has been transported to hospital and she is currently under police guard in
00:26hospital and she has been arrested.
00:29Police are not looking for any other persons and a thorough investigation is underway.
00:37Strike force steppard has commenced, a homicide squad is in the area and attending.
00:44Crime scene investigators are now at the scene.
00:48I'll actually hand to Superintendent John Nelson, the local area commander, to give
00:53you some of the operational update before he takes any actions.
01:00As the Commissioner said, police officers from Blue Mountains Police Area Command attended
01:07the location of Colquham Bridge around 12.40pm this afternoon and located the two boys in
01:18the residence, deceased.
01:20Obviously it's a very tragic scene and our police are acting professionally in dealing
01:27with that matter.
01:28And as Ma'am said, we've got support from State Crime Command and Homicide Squad and
01:33our local detectives in crime scene.
01:39A 42-year-old female from Colquham Bridge address is currently in hospital and she is
01:45under police guard.
01:48Obviously early stages, what do you believe is going on inside?
01:53You're correct, it is early stages and I'm not prepared to speculate on that at this
01:57stage.
01:58Our focus is clearly coming to the bottom of what's actually happened in these tragic
02:04circumstances.
02:05So as I say, we've got all our investigators looking at the background and what's actually
02:12happened at that location.