A grandmother has been arrested after police discovered the bodies of two children, aged eight and ten, in a home.
Emergency services attended a home in Coonabarabran, central-west New South Wales, about 2pm on Monday, following reports of a concern for welfare.
Police found two deceased children at the home as well as a 66-year-old woman.
The woman was taken to the local station where she is currently being interviewed by police.
‘Inquiries are ongoing,’ a NSW Police spokeswoman said.
No charges have yet been laid.
In Brisbane, a woman in her 60s was charged with manslaughter over the death of a baby last year.
Police rushed to a property at Darra in Brisbane’s south-west on April 3, 2024, following reports an infant was unconscious and not breathing, police revealed on Monday.
The baby boy was later declared dead at the scene. He was 11 months old.
Police established Operation Whiskey Nocturne to investigate his death and on Monday detectives charged a 63-year-old Darra woman with manslaughter.
She is due to appear before Richland Magistrates Court on June 4.
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