Three South African children found dead in New Zealand: report
Three young South African children have been found dead in New Zealand in an apparent homicide.
Local reports say two-year-old twins Maya and Karla Dickason and their older sister, six-year-old Liane had recently emigrated to the country with their parents.
According to the New Zealand Herald, emergency services were called to the house on Queen Street in the suburb of Parkside in Timaru last night.
They found the girls dead and a woman, believed to be the children's mother, with critical injuries.
She's in hospital.
Local police say a woman, 40, has been charged with murder.
Their father, who is a doctor, is believed to have been at work at a nearby hospital.
Local police told reporters the family came out of mandatory isolation and quarantine (MIQ) only a few days ago after arriving in New Zealand.
