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Boeheimkirchen

Six bodies believed to be from same family found in Austrian house

Three young children are among the dead.

AUSTRIAN POLICE HAVE said six dead bodies have been found in a house, with media reporting that all were from the same family and included three young children.

The Austria Press Agency said a woman shot her mother, her brother and her three children, aged seven to 10, before killing herself in the house in the town of Boeheimkirchen west of Vienna.

Police told AFP investigations were ongoing.

© AFP 2016

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