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An explosion is seen during a car bomb attack at a Shi'ite political organisation's rally in Baghdad, April 25, 2014. A series of explosions killed 18 people at a Shi'ite political organisation's rally in Iraq on Friday, police and medical sources said. The militant group, Asaib Ahl Haq (League of the Righteous), introduced its candidates for elections on April 30 at the rally in eastern Baghdad. Three bombs exploded in succession as people were leaving, Reuters reporters at the scene said. REUTERS/Thaier al-Sudani

The Mt Isa caravan explosion last week, which was first thought to be due to gas cylinders, is now believed to be caused by explosives. The explosion took away the life of a father and his two young kids.

A confirmation came from police on Friday that it is being treated as a double murder-suicide case. On the morning of July 28, Charlie Hinder, 39, and his children Nyobi, 7, and River, 4, died when the fatal caravan explosion took place in a giant fireball outside a house in Deighton Street, suburb of Mornington.

According to the police, the fatal event was planned by Hinder himself. The police in one of its statements clearly said that they are treating the death of the kids as suspicious, while the death of their father as non-suspicious.

On Friday, the police confirmed that the dead bodies of the father and the victims have been formally identified after the post-mortem. “Investigators believe explosives were used as an ignition point for the blast rather than gas bottles located at the scene,” the QPS statement said.

No one else’s involvement is suspected in the case, it assured. The effect of Mt Isa case is not confined to that surrounding but has affected the entire local community. The district officer superintendent of Mt Isa, Russell Miller said , “This was a horrific event which has had a significant impact not only on the families, neighbours and friends of the victims but also the wider Mount Isa community.” He also requested the entire community to respect the privacy of the members of the victims’ family until they accept the tragedy.

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