7 of a family shot dead in Australia

SYDNEY: Three generations of a single family were identified yesterday as the victims of Australia’s worst mass shooting in 22 years, a murder-suicide which left seven people dead, reports AFP.

They included Katrina Miles, 35, and her four children—three boys and a girl aged eight to 13 -- who were found Friday in a shed on a rural property near the Margaret River wine region in Western Australia, police said.

Miles’ mother Cynda Miles, 58, was found in the main house at the property and her father Peter Miles, 61, was found outside, Police Commissioner Chris Dawson told reporters.

 

7 of a family shot dead in Australia

SYDNEY: Three generations of a single family were identified yesterday as the victims of Australias worst mass shooting in 22 years, a murder-suicide which left seven people dead, reports AFP. They included Katrina Miles, 35, and her four childrenthree boys and a girl aged eight to 13 -- who were found Friday in a shed on a rural property near the Margaret River wine region in Western Australia, police said. Miles mother Cynda Miles, 58, was found in the main house at the property and her father Peter Miles, 61, was found outside, Police Commissioner Chris Dawson told reporters.