An ex-rugby league player is suspected of murdering his three children and estranged wife in Australia by burning them alive inside their car, in what police described as one of the most horrific incidents they have encountered.
Officers said 31-year-old Hannah Clarke died in a Brisbane hospital on Wednesday just hours after her three children aged three, four and six were found dead in the car on a suburban street. Her husband, Rowan Baxter, who also died, allegedly approached the vehicle and doused it with petrol before setting it alight, The Australian newspaper reported.
The paper said Clarke jumped from the burning car and rolled on the ground, saying "he's poured petrol on me". Officials said she was rushed to hospital with severe burns following the "horrific" incident but later succumbed to her injuries. Baxter, a 42-year-old former rugby league player for the New Zealand Warriors, was believed to be in the burning vehicle but got out and died on a footpath.
Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison said the country was "shocked, saddened and devastated" by the tragedy, which has led to an outpouring of grief on social media.
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