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Second child dies after alleged Blue Mountain stabbing as mother faces additional murder charge

The Guardian World · 24 September 2026 at 11:11

Second child dies after alleged Blue Mountain stabbing as mother faces additional murder charge

One-year-old dies after alleged attack on Sunday, while three-year-old sibling remains in critical condition Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast A baby has died in a Sydney hospital five days after a mother allegedly stabbed them and two other children in the Blue Mountains, police say.

Bystanders were first on the scene after finding the three children and the 42-year-old woman with stab wounds inside a vehicle at Valley Heights in the Blue Mountains , west of Sydney, on Sunday afternoon.

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Second child dies after alleged Blue Mountain stabbing as mother faces additional murder charge

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