Police wait to question mother about boys' deaths – Australian Associated Press

An injured mother found with the bodies of her young sons in a Blue Mountains home is under police guard pending questioning.

The boys, aged nine and eleven, were found in a house in Faulconbridge, west of Sydney, around 1pm on Tuesday.

The police have not provided any information about what happened before the brothers died, but are not looking for anyone else involved.

The boys' 42-year-old mother spent Tuesday evening in custody at the hospital, where she arrived in stable condition.

The boys' father, who does not live in the house in the Blue Mountains, found the boys and contacted police, the local commander said.

“This is the most tragic thing there is for every police veteran and every emergency responder that arrives there,” Superintendent John Nelson told reporters.

Blue Mountains Mayor Mark Greenhill said the loss of “two precious souls in horrific circumstances” would affect the entire community.

“Now is the time to come together and remember these two wonderful children and their extended family, whose grief must be unimaginable,” he said on social media.

New South Wales Police Commissioner Karen Webb went to the local station to assist her officers and found that many of them had children the same age as the boys.

Doctors and carers assisted the police and the boys’ father also received support.

“The older and more experienced you get in this job, the more these things still touch you at the root,” she said.

“It is a tragic situation and we will certainly learn more as the investigation progresses.”

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