Australia is in shock following the brutal murder of a family of five, including two children, as they slept peacefully in their beds in the suburbs of Sydney.
The Lin family were bludgeoned to death at their home in the northern Sydney suburb of North Epping on Friday night.
Such was the violence of the attack, that blood spatter experts were still examining the scene on Monday, trying to map out the order of the murders.
Min Lin, 45, and his wife Yun Lee “Lilly” Lin, 43, were found dead in their bed. The bodies of their sons – Henry, 12, and Terry, 9 – were found in another bedroom that they shared.
The fifth victim was Mrs Lin’s sister Yun Bin Yin, 39, whose body was found in the bedroom where she had been staying.
All victims were hit repeatedly to the head and upper body with a blunt object.
The bodies were discovered on Saturday morning by Mrs Lin’s sister and her husband.
Police are yet to find the murder weapon and have no suspects so far, although they said the attacks seemed targeted and “extremely personal”. Murder-suicide has been ruled out and police sources believe the killer or killers gained entry to the house via the front door, which showed no sign of being forced.
Officers said the crime was the worst they had seen in years.
The Lins’ 15-year-old daughter Brenda returned to Sydney on Sunday from a study trip in New Caledonia to face the fact her entire immediate family had been murdered.
“Certainly it is one of the most vicious murders I’ve seen for many years,” homicide squad commander, Detective Superintendent Geoff Beresford told the Sydney Daily Telegraph.
“The ferocity of the attacks is certainly unusual to say the least and it’s particularly tragic considering the ages of the children.
“It’s hard to imagine a worse attack considering almost an entire family has been killed and police are doing everything in their power to bring this to a speedy resolution.”
He told Sky News the attack was not random and the Lins may have known their attackers.
“It appears to be an extremely personal type of attack, given the level of violence but … we’re open-minded, we can’t make any particular prediction this early in the inquiry,” he said.
Police believe the attack occurred some time between midnight and 7am when the family was likely to have been asleep.
Police hope post-mortem examinations and continued forensic investigation of the Lins’ Epping home will shed more light on how and why the horrific attacks occurred.
from: telegraph.co.uk
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Oh no, is this a terrible scenario or what? Good thing they missed the girl who also would have been beated killed or injured. thank god someone got out alive. i wonder with what they beated with? and really why? i say its racism because i know many australian men most of them are racist or sexist and that is very unfortunate if you are not of their race. it is sad but it is true, my brothers
police pleas catch the people that have done this and may us all rest easy safely
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