Daily Mail
· collected 2026-09-20 · by Caitlin Powell, Allanah Sciberras
A man has been arrested as his mother was found decapitated in a remote Northern Tablelands community.
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About 9.35pm on Saturday, police were called to a property on Ironbark Road in Mole River, about 40 minutes west of Tenterfield, following reports of a domestic violence incident.
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Officers were told a 37-year-old man had entered a property and attempted to steal a vehicle before assaulting the homeowner, a 74-year-old man.
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They then arrested the 37-year-old before visiting a neighbouring property, where they found the body of a 70-year-old woman.
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It is alleged the woman was decapitated.
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The man in custody is understood to be her son.
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A house on the property had also been partially damaged by fire, police said.
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The case is one of three separate incidents when women died during a horror 12-hour period in New South Wales.
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In eastern Sydney, a man was charged with murder on Saturday evening after an elderly woman was allegedly stabbed to death at Bondi Beach.
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New South Wales was rocked by three separate incidents in which women died during a horror 12-hour period on Saturday.
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A man has been arrested as his mother was found decapitated in a remote Northern Tablelands community in Mole River, about 40 minutes west of Tenterfield
Police were called to a remote property in Mole River, about 40 minutes west of Tenterfield, at about 9.35pm on Saturday
NSW
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Police were called to a unit on Chambers Avenue in Bondi, in Sydney's eastern suburbs, at 5.15pm on Saturday.
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A woman, aged in her 90s, was found with significant injuries.
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She was treated at the scene, but died.
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A 47-year-old man, who was known to the woman, was arrested at the home and taken to Surry Hills Police Station.
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Police have set up a crime scene and launched an investigation.
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Following inquiries, police charged the 47-year-old man with murder (domestic violence).
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He was refused bail and was scheduled to appear before Bail Court on Sunday.
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In a third incident, a 23-year-old woman was unable to be saved on Saturday at about 11.45am.
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She had been found with fatal stab wounds inside a home in Wagga Wagga, in southwest NSW.
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At a unit in Bondi Beach on Saturday, just after 5pm, a 47-year-old man was arrested after an elderly woman died from significant injuries.
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He was charged with murder (domestic violence)
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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.
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The pair were in a relationship, investigators said.
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Detective Inspector Brent Falkiner added that 'all three parties are known to each other'.
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He confirmed an alleged murder weapon was located by officers.
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'We're not looking for any other items.
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We believe that everything was located at the scene, inside the home,' he said.
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NSW and federal political figures responded to the incidents with horror on Sunday.
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'Three women have lost their lives in the space of one day,' Premier Chris Minns said.
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'These are shocking crimes and families are today dealing with unimaginable grief.
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My thoughts are with the families and loved ones of the women who have died, and the communities affected by these events.'
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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.
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'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.
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I am horrified by the alleged stabbing deaths of three women in NSW on Saturday, in Wagga Wagga, Bondi, and Mole River.
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Police are treating these incidents as domestic and family violence related.
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My thoughts are with their families, friends and communities, and with the police, paramedics and neighbours who responded.
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Sloane said Australia is 'failing women' and demanded all levels of government take action.
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