#southport-tragedy

#southport-tragedy

"I was hugging [my son], and then when I looked to my left, my daughter was just there, lying there. She was shot in the head. She was just bleeding. It was just too much."

Officers responding to the scene found a 20-year-old man with a gunshot wound to the head and an 18-year-old woman with gunshot wounds to the head and chest.

Foul play has now been ruled out in the death and it is feared Ms Cremin died after suffering a bad fall and sustaining head injuries, most likely on Thursday night or early Friday morning.

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Scarlett Faulkner was airlifted to hospital in a critical condition after what gardaí are describing as a serious assault.

A teenager suffered serious injuries after being stabbed when a row erupted at a birthday party in Cork. The boy - who is understood to be in his late teens - was injured when a dispute suddenly erupted between a group of teenagers at a premises where an 18th birthday party was being hosted in Cork city.

Seventy firefighters and ten fire engines were called to the apartment building on Brooks Road in Chiswick last Friday. One woman was rescued from the flat by firefighters before being taken to hospital where she later died on January 13. Four people were also rescued from neighbouring flats and were provided with escape hoods before being taken to hospital as a precaution.

There were four or five events in Sydney for the first night of Hanukah. In 2024 we went to an event at Dover Heights, but parking was a nightmare. We decide on Bondi (where parking is also a nightmare). Five of us my mum, husband, son (3), daughter (one-and-a-half) and I pile into the car. We walk past the Christmas markets at Bondi beach, looking for the festival.

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The community is in shock at the news that filtered through this morning of the two lives lost in the accident. Our thoughts and prayers go out to those who have passed, their family and friends who are suffering from this tragedy to befall our community.