A man has been arrested after he allegedly attacked a woman with a knife in front of two teenagers in a suspected family violence incident in Hobart on Christmas Day.
Emergency services were called to a home on Binalong Road in Mornington about 1.30pm on Saturday following reports of a woman being injured with a knife.
Police are investigating the attack.Credit:Louise Kennerley
At the home, officers found a 52-year-old woman with serious injuries to her upper body. She was rushed to Royal Hobart Hospital but could not be saved.
Tasmania Police Detective Acting Inspector Leah Adams said two teenagers related to the woman had witnessed the incident and while unharmed, they were distressed.
“Observing anything like that kind of incident would be distressing for anyone, whether it’s family members or not,” she said.
“So, all we can do at this time is provide support for them and establish what they did actually see.”
Detective Acting Inspector Adams would not confirm whether the teenagers were the woman’s children, but she said they were in good care and had been offered support.
Police have arrested a 60-year-old man known to the woman in connection to the alleged attack, which is being treated as family violence.
However, they would not confirm whether the pair were in a relationship, saying investigations into the matter were still ongoing.
Woman killed in front of teenage relatives in alleged Christmas Day knife attack
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