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Friday 19 December 2014

8 siblings found stabbed to death at their home in Cairns, Australia

The bodies of eight children who are siblings and aged between 18 months and 15-years-old, were found at a home in Cairns, Australia in the early hours of today Dec. 19th following a massacre.

Their mother was also stabbed but she survived and is currently in critical condition in the hospital.
Detective Inspector Bruno Asnicar said that the woman was the mother of seven of the dead children with the other child a relation. He described the massacre as a 'tragic and traumatic event'. Scores of detectives, paramedics and forensic officers have swarmed over the home on Murray St in Manoora, around 4km west of the coastal town's main tourist strip. 

Details about what investigators found inside the house has not been revealed but a neighbour said she had been told there were bloody scenes 'everywhere' inside. Officers who arrived first on the scene said it was like 'something out of a horror movie'. Specialist police officers are now on their way from Brisbane to help with the situation and the crime scene is completely locked down.

'There's not much else we can say, but what we have a range of strategies in place to support the family through this very difficult time,' Detective Inspector Asnicar said.
'It's a tragic and traumatic with so many deceased in one place. It's right up there with some of the most serious things I've ever had to deal with.' 

Ms Thaiday said another sibling, a 20-year-old man, arrived home to discover his brothers and sisters dead inside the house. 
He is now being consoled by other family members. 

'I'm going to see him now, he needs comforting,' Ms Thaiday said. She described the family and extended relatives as close-knit and many live in surrounding suburbs. 
'We're a big family and most of us are from the (Torres) Strait,' she said, adding that she rushed to the scene after hearing about the incident on the radio.  


The woman at the centre of the Cairns family massacre was ‘happy go lucky and seemed to really love her kids’, Daily Mail Australia has been told.
Robert Struber, who lived for 20 years in the house where the stabbing murders took place said he had spoken with the 34-year-old on several occasions while visiting his former neighbours. 
He said the last time he had seen the mother a few months ago she was ‘friendly and happy to chat’ and that she had mainly looked after her large family.
Mr Struber had not met the father of the children.
He said the street had a mixture of Aboriginal families and people from the Torres Strait and Cook Islands. he moved out of the four bedroom house two years ago because it was too large, and said that following the tragedy he ‘never wanted to go back inside it’. 

Mr Struber described the 34-year-old woman at the centre of the family massacre as ‘happy go lucky and seemed to really love her kids’. He had spoken with her on several occasions while visiting his former neighbours.
He said she had mainly looked after her large family well. Mr Struber had not met the father of the children.

Police said it would be several hours before forensic officers would be able to complete their work inside the house - while detectives continued inquiries to establish what had led up to the slaughter. 
Detectives rushed to the house in Murray Street at about 11.20am today after they received reports a woman had suffered serious injuries. 
The street has been branded a crime scene and the area has been locked down. Their home is a rented Housing Commission residence. 

Source: Daily Mail UK

176 comments:

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    1. Men being wolves to their fellow men *sobs* may their souls rest in peace Amen #onelovefromSnow#

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  2. western country and this kind killings sef...


    #GodblessNigeria

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  3. Oh my. Goodness! 8children! People are mean...animals walking on d street. May their gentle souls rest in peace. Amen!

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  4. Man has indeed dominated man to their injury.
    May God console their loved ones.

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  5. Linda u wicked, u only recognise the people u like eg onyx and bonairo... have been here before them it's do unfair... after wasting my data only on Linda ikeji blog... Thank you so much
    Lullabyangel01@yahoo.com

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  6. So much cruelty in the world, Heartless People seem to be Breeding on per second Billings.. God Help Us..

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  7. I heard d news earlier today.... very sad

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  8. Phew! Was dumbfounded when I saw the news last night. What a cruel world.
    May their souls rest in peace.

    ~BONARIO~says so via NOKIA LUMIA

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  9. God have mercy!!!

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  10. Okwa one of d tins that happens at the end time

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  11. wickedness in high places.

    ***ECHOMASS***

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  12. Wat a brutal act,May deir souls rest in peace AMEN

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  13. Jesus christ, can't believe Wat my eyes z seeing

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  14. Tragic...... God please help your children

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  15. Horrible!!.. Whoever did this must be a sicko!.
    I hope the woman survives to help with the investigation.

    Linda, I no reach to get BB Passport abi?. It's well.

    *My R1.50c comment*

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  16. Jesus!
    8kids!
    How do you console such family?
    What is this world turning to?
    God help us!




    .....A better Nigeria I pray.....

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  17. Austine ihechukwu19 December 2014 at 10:16

    Oh gosh! This ia bad real bad, am guessing is d same terrorists on the prowl here, cos I dnt tink any normal or almost normal person can be this heartless, God punish the culprit

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  18. just saw it at bbc. really tragic. gideonogidi14324@gmail.com

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  19. Linda, all anonymous regular commenters should go and eat shit. I use Nokia c1 & datz y i cant link my goggle acct wit ur blog. Bonario & Onyii got 100k & also bbpassport. u try wella....na only them made u wat u are..wish by next yr, all d lib will stop commenting, only d two so dat u ll hv a great yr ahead. thanks for d way u shared ur money...God bless but u werent fair at d end. Datz my thought!

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    1. Really Linda you are a piece of shit for thinking anonymous don't deserve nothing.some of us been here since 2012 n we dropped some information u can contact us with...it doesn't work this way.we all loyal here.you not nice,you just business.post or naa,just read the Damn thin

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    2. Two of u better take rat poison...while u still have the time....many are called but few are chosen.....pray to be lucky next time

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  20. May there soul rest in perfect peace oh chai

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  21. Ooooo my God..so bad, rest in peace all

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  22. May God comfort their family. is only by Gods grace for the mom to survive. smasher_luv@yahoo.com

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  23. What do we call this now? What's wrong with our world? So many questions we wouldn't be getting answers for, may God comfort the family and RIP to the dead.



    @lindaikeji @lets_make_the_world_a_better_place#

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  24. Linda, all anonymous regular commenters should go and eat shit. I use Nokia c1 & datz y i cant link my goggle acct wit ur blog. Bonario & Onyii got 100k & also bbpassport. u try wella....na only them made u wat u are..wish by next yr, all d lib will stop commenting, only d two so dat u ll hv a great yr ahead. thanks for d way u shared ur money...God bless but u werent fair at d end. Datz my thought!. ify.dear@yahoo.com

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  25. God pls save dis woman's life.RIP to the children.

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  26. Ehee not again na ah! All this bad news is getting too much oh! Ah lawd haff Marci!
    RIP to the dead.

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  27. OMG, not again, not children again. What is happening?

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  28. So so sad. Chai watin com hpn

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  29. This is terrible , very terrible I must say

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  30. What's a Tragedy


    #Commenting thru Glo 4G LTE

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  31. What a world.. So many evil things happen minute by minute. God pls I knw the end is here help to keep my way straight nd neat.. I pray God to comfort the family!

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  32. Every day pointer that this world is comin to an end

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  33. Seriously Lynda, stop this your copy and paste from Daily Mail; don't you think we go to daily mail website too? I sure do miss your early days of blogging when you used to do proper blogging and break better news. Now that u have started rubbing shoulders with these so called celebs, u don't even put up better gist again. Tufia. I u like swallow my comment, at least you have seen it.

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  34. Really dunno what this world is turning too. May their souls rest in peace. Thank God she was able to survive & i hope they police find the person who did this

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  36. This is terrible , very terrible I must say

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  37. Crazy things seem to be happening every day.

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  38. My goodness. Will she even survive this? * children at a go. crying........................

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  39. So sad..............Topzyus@yahoo.com

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  40. So sad! May their souls rest in peace. May the good Lord grant the family the fortitude to bear the loss

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  41. Oh Gracious God what has this world become with killing humans lyk animals,may God be wit us ooo

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  42. Tragedy, wats d world turning into*sad

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  43. That's a great lose. May God console the parents

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  44. What a world we find ourselves, this is really tragic.

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  45. Oh Geez! I dnt knw wat dis world is turning into,bad news evryday..may dia souls rest in peace

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  46. MR EDDY said...
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    This is a very incident. May their soul rest in peace.
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    ^™I JUST DEY LAUGH~

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  47. MR EDDY said...
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    This is a very incident. May their soul rest in peace.
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    ^™I JUST DEY LAUGH~

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  48. MR EDDY said...
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    This is a very incident. May their soul rest in peace.
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    ^™I JUST DEY LAUGH~

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  49. Wonders sha never end natin person no go c...linda thanks 4 ur generosity n Congrat 2 all dose dat won,linda shey u knnw say u knw try 4 me.i started visiting ur blog since 2012,apart 4rm dat u Mk me stp commenting on dis blog cos u dnt post my comment whic is vry unfair u dy look face b4 u post comment bt after evritin sha I still admire u. my role model.

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  50. Dis real evil,nva heard dis bfr.... Lawd v mercy

    ~@iamjbankz SA to President Jonathan 2015~

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  51. This is so sad. RIP #EndTimeThings

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  52. this world is really turning into sumtin else.. RIP to the dead

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  53. Why are people this wicked and callous? No appreciation for human life

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  54. Na wa oo what is happing in this word..baba God save ur children for all this tragedy

    ....#joshsayso....

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  55. May their souls rest in peace. Amen

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  56. Oh my God, 7children @ once just lik dat, even if dis woman survives d stabbing, she cnt b normal again. So sad

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  57. What a traggic people is bad may their soul rest in peace

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  58. Eeya may d lord comfort the family and may the soul of the departed rest in peace

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  59. Very very sad news
    Linda broke my heart

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  60. Linda i beg u in d name of God....pls let it not be u are planning to give d two remain phones to bona and onyx.....even God won't be happy with u if u make dat decision.....The 100k last yr and dis yr is enough for dem....100k no be beans....in facut dey have won enough.... Tnks for my own gift sha

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  61. Linda i beg u in d name of God....pls let it not be u are planning to give d two remain phones to bona and onyx.....even God won't be happy with u if u make dat decision.....The 100k last yr and dis yr is enough for dem....100k no be beans....in facut dey have won enough.... Tnks for my own gift sha

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  62. Wow, sad, may their souls rest in peace

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  63. Not good o... this is heartbreaking



    Dollynkikky

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  64. Linda stop spreading bad news,when you are not CNN. you should be busy lifting people's spirit this season. May God rest their souls and console the family. Amin

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  65. Awwwww nawa oooh God. Rest in peace oh

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  66. Linda u would have told us dat u have people u want to give out ur money and ur phone to instead of deceiving and stressing us over nothing.

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  67. This world we live in, So sad

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  68. Hmmmmm, end time is here, what would she and her children have done to warrant dis brutality, God have mercy

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  69. Too bad may their souls rest in peace #bright bravo#

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  70. What a way for 2014 to wind down! Damn!!

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  71. Wat is dis world turning into sef?


    Shaniquapatty@gmail.com

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  72. RIP to d dead.....just wen the year is left with 12 more days.....Mistery world

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  73. Chai nawa oh God a hole family finish.



    Remsco2sure@gmail.com in da building.

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  74. what has the world become? it is now a norm for children to to be killed and the likely suspect, a direct blood relation..either son,father or mother! Whats the world turning into!!!

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  75. That's so sad, a single family

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  76. omg!!! this is really bad....missvee

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  77. We pray she gets well soon, buh the trauma will be too much for her

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  78. THIS IS SO SAD

    iamkachie@gmail.com

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  79. a.k.a EDWIN CHINEDU AZUBUKO said...
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    This is a disaster no doubt.... May their souls RIP....
    *GLO BRING 3G TO KONTAGORA*
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  80. Chai wat a pity. May the good Lord console d parents.
    Btw it feels good to comment on LIB freely again, ds giveaway na commotion, my four yrs in ds blog I never see comments roll in the way it did this year. #chynell#

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  81. Chai wat a pity. May the good Lord console d parents.
    Btw it feels good to comment on LIB freely again, ds giveaway na commotion, my four yrs in ds blog I never see comments roll in the way it did this year. #chynell#

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  82. What is the world turning into, these random incidents of violence the world over are just the rumblings before the major storm! I believe these are signs of the ending of time! 8 family members?! Too damn bad!!

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  83. This is serious oooh

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  84. Hmm evil that men do these days.may their souls RIP

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  85. How tragic, I cant imagine how the parents will feel now....May God console them.

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  86. May God console and see her through in this difficult time in her life. May the killers never go free.

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  87. How tragic! cant even imagine how the parents will feeling now....May God console them.

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  88. mehn,people get mind ohh.how could dey do diz to diz children, is not fair at all.

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  89. This is cheer wickedness & its quiet unfortunate, what could have happened or what could they have done to deserve this?


    May their souls rest in peace

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  90. Pyscho on the loose.
    Hope whoever committed this abominable slaughter is apprehended soon enough.

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  91. The world is coming to end...RIP to the dead

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  92. end tym..chia but e no go beta for the person wea do dis kin tin ooo #L.H.M

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  93. Wow..... Tins dey happen for dis life oooo

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  94. meehhhnnn dis is tragic really feel 4 d mother of d kidz R.I.P 2 dem.new day new story i wonder wot d next would be God help us out.

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  95. always first 2 comment boh invisible comments

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  96. OMG!!! That's 7 Generations gone,Lord have mercy

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  97. This is very sad o

    Pple are actually very heartless

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  98. God have mercy. This is so sad.may their soul rest in peace.

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  99. Oh Lord have mercy. My heart oh God.

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  100. Who wil so dis type of tin,y ar people jst Killin each oda? I don't undastnd wicked people again oo

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  101. what a world we are living in. God help us

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  102. Jesus! Sad news everyday...God please have mercy on us! we don't want sad news anymore

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  103. Australia ain't seen nothing yet. Let them lift the Ebola ban on west African countries that are free from the disease then things will begin to fall in place for them. And for the deceased mother, GI'd will Comfort you in Jesus name.

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  104. IT IS WELL OO...GOD WILL HELP US ALL

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  105. Hey!!!! What is this World turning into. Some people are animals ooo! R.I.P to those Children.

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  106. Terrible, terrible things keep happening in our world

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  107. My God what is really happening in this world full of wickedness. Shelter lovely@gmail. Com

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  108. Such a tragic news,saw dis on d news dis morning.many their souls rest in peace.

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  109. What a wicked world? God hv mercy on ur people. May dey rest in peace,Amen. oneandonlynwa@gmail.com

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  110. Wetin person no go hear 4 dis life? 7 kids dead! Even if d mother of dose kids survives dis, she wil av post traumatic stress disorder 2ruout her life cos dis experience z vry traumatic

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  111. God help Australia , a lot of things happening especially this .My second home I will call it because my parents are in Nigeria.

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  112. Saw this on the news not too long ago, may the soul of the dead RIP and I pray God grant the families the fortitude to bear the loss... This is just so sad...

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  113. What a lost,God grant them enternal rest
    Amen

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  114. God, this is tragic. People can be so heartless, where will the woman start from?

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  115. Such tragedy this xmas period... May God give their families the fortitude to bear the loss, Amen!

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  116. You did not bother reading the story first before copying and posting...so unclear.

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  117. Those that did this are so so heartless. What do they want their mum to do now???

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  118. GOD have.i pray the mum survive

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  119. It's a wicked world we live in. This is not only horrendous but equally despicable and at the highest level of terrible. What crime did those kids did that they have to die this way. God bless them and judge the killer/killers

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  120. Lord have mercy who could have done this wicked thing nawa oooo

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  121. Such a tragedy this xmas period... May God give their families the fortitude to bear the loss, Amen!JC

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  122. UMUZE OCHUKO NEVILLE19 December 2014 at 14:14

    THIS IS ANOTHER ACT OF WICKEDNESS BY THE DEVIL USING HUMAN BEINGS AGAINST EACH OTHER KILLING INNOCENT LIVES.I PRAY THE PERSON OR PERSONS BE BROUGHT TO JUSTICE. MAY THEIR SOULS REST IN PERFECT PEACE.

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  123. Oh my! may God give the mum the strength to bear the loss after she recovers

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  124. Very terrible news, u cant imagine what the woman feels right now.

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  125. Ah! aye buru, aye nika o! God is the omnipresence, he sees it all.

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  126. My God what is this world turning into

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  127. This is terrible. I'm just short of words!

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  128. Oh Lord! who did this??? please Lord do not this person go unpunished. what a wicked act!

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  129. May their souls rest in peace,so sad.

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