A family of seven, including four children, have been found dead with gunshot wounds at a rural property in south-west Australia in what could be the country’s worst mass shooting in 22 years. A family of seven, including four children, have been found dead with gunshot wounds at a rural property in south-west Australia in what could be the country’s worst mass shooting in 22 years. ‘Devastating tragedy’ as family of seven found dead in AustraliaThe children died with their mother and grandparents. The generally accepted definition of a mass shooting – four deaths excluding the shooter in a single event – has been met only once in Australia since then. Samantha Lee, chair of the Gun Control Australia lobby group, said rural areas were over-represented in Australian gun deaths, including suicides.

Source: Irish Independent May 11, 2018 10:41 UTC