Police stand with their bicycles as they watch a small protest outside the venue of the G20 finance ministers and central bankers in the northern Australian city of Cairns
Police stand with their bicycles as they watch a small protest outside the venue of the G20 finance ministers and central bankers in the northern Australian city of Cairns September 21, 2014. Financial leaders of the Group of 20 top economies remain committed to chasing higher global growth, but were divided on how to achieve it as Germany pushed back at calls from the United States and others for more immediate stimulus. But the efforts of the finance ministers and central bankers, meeting this weekend in the tropical Australia tourist town of Cairns, risk being drowned out by growing alarm over geopolitical tensions and increased market volatility. Reuters/Stuart McDill

The Cairns house, where eight children were stabbed to death, would be destroyed. It has been suggested that there will be a permanent memorial to honour the victims.

Cairns MP Gavin King said that the house at 34 Murray St, Manoora would be bulldozed to build a memorial in its place. According to him, spokespeople for the local residents and mourning families have suggested that the house should be destroyed to wipe off the horror of the tragedy which killed eight young children between 18 months to 15 years, four girls and four boys. They said that the signs of horror should be erased and an appropriate landmark should be established to remember the "beautiful children," Courier Mail reported. King, on the other hand, said that the memorial would include a park beside the house. He said that a garden would be created in the garden next to the property.

Raina Mersane Ina Thaiday aka Mersane Warria, the 37-year-old mother of the children, has been charged for the murder of eight children, seven of whom were her own. Warria was absent from the court when the case was heard for the first time. While the woman remained in police custody, her lawyer Steve McFarlane told reporters that the woman was going to be assessed by psychiatrists. Warria was formally excused from appearing in Cairns Magistrates Court as she did not recover from the stab wounds she had suffered herself. Warria allegedly stabbed one of the children 10 times on the back and 12 more to the front of its body.

Detective Inspector Bruno Ansicar called it "the most tragic event" in Cairns. Cairns is considered to be a crime hotspot while Manoora is described as a "struggling" region of Cairns. Officers said that the public should not be concerned even though the incident was described as a "tragic, tragic event." The mass stabbing, which killed the eight children, also left Warria wounded with stab wounds.

Meanwhile, hostile weather could not stop people from joining the procession of mourners, who visited the children's memorial. People gathered in numbers with flowers to pay tribute to the young victims.

Contact the writer: s.mukhopadhyay@ibtimes.com.au

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