Mother and daughter stabbed to death at home in Toowoomba - ABC Online

Updated January 28, 2014 13:25:49

Police are questioning a man after a fatal double stabbing in Toowoomba on Queensland's Darling Downs.

Paramedics and police were called to a house on Redwood Street in suburban Newtown this morning.

They found two women, believed to be a mother and daughter, dead at the scene.

It is believed they were stabbed.

A man said to be a be a relative of the women is in custody and is being questioned by police.

The street has been cordoned off and detectives are doorknocking homes.

Neighbours say the are shocked by the event.

Topics: murder-and-manslaughter, crime, law-crime-and-justice, newtown-4350, toowoomba-4350, qld, australia

First posted January 28, 2014 11:29:20