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A mother and her children were among seven killed in Australia’s first mass shooting in 22 years

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Seven members of a family, including a mother and her four young children, were killed in a mass shooting that rattled a small Australian community and marked the first such incident in the country in more than 20 years.

Authorities in Western Australia responded early Friday morning to a home in Osmington, a rural town nestled in the country’s southwest corner. Western Australia Police Commissioner Chris Dawson did not confirm reports that the incident was a murder-suicide, but he said that only six of the family members were victims of a homicide, and police don’t believe any other person was involved.