Grandfather arrested over triple axe murder

A 69-YEAR-OLD Australian man suspected of hacking his two grandchildren and wife to death with an axe and badly wounding his daughter was arrested yesterday.

Tue, 01 Jul, 2008 - 01:00

Police were questioning the suspect last night, hours after the attack in Cowra, 250km west of Sydney, a police statement said.

Police had earlier identified the man as John Walsh and released photographs to allow the public to help find him.

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