SYDNEY, Australia — The police have arrested a 37-year-old woman following the deaths of eight children in a house in a suburb of Cairns, Australia, on Friday.

The woman, 37, who was taken from the house with stab wounds on Friday, was being questioned by the police at Cairns Base Hospital.

Officers were called around 11:20 a.m. Friday to a house in the suburb, Manoora, where they found the bodies of the children, ranging in age from about 18 months to 15 years, along with the seriously injured woman. She is believed to be the mother of seven of the eight children.

Local news reports said at least some of the children had been stabbed. Detective Inspector Bruno Asnicar said from the scene that weapons had been found in the house and that the state police in Queensland were continuing their investigation.