A father who believed his wife had taken their three young children on a picnic received a call at work telling him his five-year-old son was dead and the rest of his family was fighting for life.
Police allege the 42-year-old mother stabbed all three children, aged five and under, on a quiet street in the Blue Mountains on Sunday afternoon before turning the knife on herself.
The five-year-old boy died, while his two younger siblings were critically injured.
The children were strapped into their car seats when the alleged attack unfolded in Valley Heights.
The family was discovered after two cyclists and a
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