A man has been arrested after his mother was allegedly found decapitated at a remote community in the Northern Tablelands.
Police were called to a property on Ironbark Road in Mole River, about 40 minutes west of Tenterfield, at approximately 9.35pm on Saturday following reports of a domestic violence incident.
Officers were told that a 37-year-old man had entered the property, allegedly tried to steal a vehicle and assaulted the 74-year-old homeowner.
The man was arrested before police went to a neighbouring property, where they discovered the body of a 70-year-old woman.
The woman was allegedly decapitated. The man arrested by police is understood to be her son.
Police said a house on the property had also sustained partial fire damage.
The suspected killing was one of three separate incidents in which women died during a 12-hour period of violence across New South Wales.
In Sydney’s east, a man was charged with murder on Saturday evening after an elderly woman was allegedly stabbed to death at Bondi Beach.
New South Wales was rocked by three separate incidents involving the deaths of women during a 12-hour period on Saturday. Police are pictured at Bondi Beach on Saturday night
A man has been arrested after his mother was allegedly found decapitated in Mole River, a remote Northern Tablelands community about 40 minutes west of Tenterfield
Police were called to a remote property in Mole River, about 40 minutes west of Tenterfield, at approximately 9.35pm on Saturday
NSW Police were called to a unit on Chambers Avenue in Bondi, in Sydney’s eastern suburbs, at 5.15pm on Saturday.
A woman in her 90s was found suffering significant injuries. Emergency treatment was provided at the scene, but she later died.
A 47-year-old man known to the woman was arrested at the property and taken to Surry Hills Police Station.
A crime scene was established as police began investigating the woman’s death.
After further inquiries, officers charged the 47-year-old with murder, classified as a domestic violence offence.
Bail was refused, and the man was due to appear before the Bail Court on Sunday.
In the third incident, a 23-year-old woman died on Saturday at about 11.45am after she could not be saved.
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She had been found with fatal stab wounds inside a home in Wagga Wagga, in south-western NSW.
At a Bondi Beach unit shortly after 5pm on Saturday, police arrested a 47-year-old man after an elderly woman died from significant injuries. He was later charged with murder, classified as a domestic violence offence
Opposition Leader Kellie Sloane told reporters the deaths weren’t isolated and cited data that found a woman is killed every 11 days by an intimate partner
Officers arrested an 18-year-old man at the home and he was taken into custody for questioning before later being released without charges.
A 31-year-old man was arrested almost nine hours later at another home in the regional city and was later charged with murder, police confirmed on Sunday.
The pair were in a relationship, investigators said.
Detective Inspector Brent Falkiner added that ‘all three parties are known to each other’.
He confirmed an alleged murder weapon was located by officers.
‘We’re not looking for any other items. We believe that everything was located at the scene, inside the home,’ he said.
NSW and federal political figures responded to the incidents with horror on Sunday.
‘Three women have lost their lives in the space of one day,’ Premier Chris Minns said.
‘These are shocking crimes and families are today dealing with unimaginable grief. My thoughts are with the families and loved ones of the women who have died, and the communities affected by these events.’
Opposition Leader Kellie Sloane told reporters the deaths weren’t isolated and cited data that found a woman is killed every 11 days by an intimate partner.
‘Women of every age, from a 23-year-old to a woman in her 90s, are still not safe in their own homes,’ she said on Sunday morning, according to The Daily Telegraph.
‘I am horrified by the alleged stabbing deaths of three women in NSW on Saturday, in Wagga Wagga, Bondi, and Mole River.
‘Police are treating these incidents as domestic and family violence related. My thoughts are with their families, friends and communities, and with the police, paramedics and neighbours who responded.’
Sloane said Australia is ‘failing women’ and demanded all levels of government take action.