Hannah Baxter: Australian mother and children 'senselessly murdered'
Australia is mourning the deaths of a woman and her three children who were "senselessly murdered" in a car fire, Prime Minister Scott Morrison has said.
Police are yet to confirm reports the father, ex-rugby player Rowan Baxter, set the car alight in Brisbane before stabbing himself to death.
However, they confirmed a history of family violence. Hannah Baxter, 31, and her children were killed on Wednesday.
The case has sparked national outcry over domestic violence.
"Australians all over the country are just shocked, saddened and devastated about what has happened in a suburban street," Mr Morrison told reporters on Thursday.
"Hannah and her three children [were] so senselessly and maddeningly murdered in what has occurred in a terrible act of violence," he said.
Read more: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-51565803
Police are yet to confirm reports the father, ex-rugby player Rowan Baxter, set the car alight in Brisbane before stabbing himself to death.
However, they confirmed a history of family violence. Hannah Baxter, 31, and her children were killed on Wednesday.
The case has sparked national outcry over domestic violence.
"Australians all over the country are just shocked, saddened and devastated about what has happened in a suburban street," Mr Morrison told reporters on Thursday.
"Hannah and her three children [were] so senselessly and maddeningly murdered in what has occurred in a terrible act of violence," he said.
Read more: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-51565803
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