PERTH, Australia: The bodies of three pre-school girls were among five people found dead at an Australian suburban home, authorities confirmed Monday -- as new details emerged of a grizzly multiple killing that has shocked the country. The discovery came after a man, aged in his 20s, visited a regional police station earlier Sunday, investigators said. Western Australia police said Monday the "five people killed were twin two-year-old girls, a three and a half-year-old girl, their mother and grandmother". Mass killings are rare in Australia, but this appears to be the third such family tragedy to hit Western Australia state in recent months. In July a man allegedly killed his mother and two siblings.

Source: Bangkok Post September 10, 2018 02:03 UTC