Seven people, including four children, have been found dead in a rural property in Western Australia, in what’s believed to be the country’s worst mass shooting in more than two decades.
Police were treating the incident as a murder-suicide, according to national broadcaster ABC.
« It appears that gunshot wounds are there, but I don’t want to go further than that… two firearms have been located, » Commissioner Dawson said, according to the ABC.
The ABC is reporting that it’s Australia’s worst mass-shooting since 1996’s Port Arthur massacre, in which a lone gunman killed 35 people with a military-style semiautomatic rifle.
A police statement said there were « no concerns about wider public safety. »
Police say they are unable to share any other details and are currently looking for next of kin and friends to notify.
