Mother charged with attempted murder of three children in Sydney

The 47-year-old, who stabbed herself after the alleged attack, will appear at Parramatta local court via a hospital bedside hearing

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A mother has been charged and will face court in a bedside hearing after she allegedly attacked her three children as they slept, stabbing them multiple times in the family home.

The 47-year-old woman is under police guard in hospital on suspicion she was trying to kill the children – aged 10, 13 and 16 – on Monday.