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Six-week old Australian baby found dead from stab wounds: reports

Xinhua, July 24, 2015 Adjust font size:

A six-week old baby girl has been found dead in an apparent low-income home after reportedly having her throat slit, shocking the nation on Friday.

New South Wales police said the child was found dead at the home in Wallsend, near Newcastle, approximately 150 kilometres north of Sydney on Friday morning.

Sydney radio station 2GB reported the area is a very low socio- economic zone with a high concentration of government public housing.

News Corp Australia reported that the mother, allegedly killed her baby, and that the child's father was home at the time.

Local media reports said the baby's throat was allegedly slit with other multiple stab wounds.

Newcastle City Local Area Commander Superintendent John Gralton said several family members were at home at the time and one of them called police, Fairfax Media reported.

It's believed the woman's sister-in-law made the call at about 9 a.m..

The mother is being questioned by police and report will be prepared for the coroner. Endi