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Australian mother stabs her three children during 'picnic' outing in the Blue Mountains, killing her five-year-old son

From the Newshound archive · first published 20 September 2026 · last updated 22 September 2026.

A car parked on Waratah Road in Valley Heights, in the New South Wales Blue Mountains, where cyclists discovered three stabbed children and a woman in her 40s, with one boy under five found dead inside the vehicle.
A car parked on Waratah Road in Valley Heights, in the New South Wales Blue Mountains, where cyclists discovered three stabbed children and a woman in her 40s, with one boy under five found dead inside the vehicle.
The car on Waratah Road, Valley Heights, where three passers-by performed first aid on the children as the five-year-old boy died at the scene, his two younger siblings left critically ill.
The car on Waratah Road, Valley Heights, where three passers-by performed first aid on the children as the five-year-old boy died at the scene, his two younger siblings left critically ill.

A five-year-old boy was stabbed to death and his two younger siblings, aged three and one, were left fighting for life after their mother allegedly attacked all three children in a parked car in Valley Heights, Blue Mountains, on Sunday afternoon. The 42-year-old woman, believed to be the Kenyan family's mother, then turned the knife on herself and was found with self-inflicted wounds. Passing cyclists discovered the horror scene with the car doors open and performed first aid while calling emergency services. Police say if she survives her injuries, she will face a homicide charge.

Eyewitness Julie Sukkar described finding a baby still strapped in a car seat and a second child on the other side of the vehicle.

The two surviving children, both under five, suffered stab wounds to their necks and remain in critical condition at Westmead children's hospital.

The children's father had been at work believing his wife was taking the children on a picnic when police called to tell him his son was dead.

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