Two children have been found dead in a Blue Mountains home by a family member, with a woman en route to hospital under police guard.
New South Wales police said officers were called to the home in Faulconbridge at about midday on Tuesday over welfare concerns for a woman and two children.
The bodies of two boys, aged nine and 11, were discovered inside the home by a family member.
Police said a 42-year-old woman was taken to Westmead hospital in Sydney under police guard. She was in a stable condition.
“There is no ongoing threat to the community,” a police spokesperson said in a statement. “Police are not looking for anyone else.”
Officers from the Blue Mountains police area command were investigating the circumstances of the deaths, assisted by the homicide squad.
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The NSW police commissioner, Karen Webb, was due to speak about the deaths later on Tuesday afternoon. Anyone with information was urged to contact Crime Stoppers.
