A Sydney man has been charged with murdering his partner and two children in an alleged domestic violence attack police have described as among the most brutal they have seen.
Md Shomon Ahamed, 47, was arrested at the family’s Campbelltown property in south-western Sydney on Monday night after contacting Triple Zero, where officers allegedly found the bodies of a woman, 46, and two boys, aged 12 and four, inside the home.
They were allegedly found with lacerations and other significant injuries.
Shomon Ahamed was charged with three counts of domestic violence murder after cooperating with police during an overnight interview and was later refused bail.
He was not previously known to police, did not have a criminal history, and there was no indication of mental health issues.
Acting Superintendent Michael Moroney said the alleged crime was ‘particularly violent’ in nature and that ‘the deceased and the two children were related’ to Shomon-Ahamed.
‘I can’t give you specific information regards to how they passed, what I can tell you is all three persons sustained significant injuries and it was a particularly violent crime scene,’ he told reporters on Monday night.
He said the bodies were located in various parts of the premises.
Police allegedly discovered the bodies of a woman, 46, and two boys, aged 12 and four, inside a family home
Md Shomon Ahamed, 47, was arrested at the property after allegedly contacting Triple Zero, before later being charged with three counts of domestic violence murder and refused bail
Acting Superintendent Michael Moroney described the alleged murders as ‘particularly violent’ in nature
Detectives located several items inside the home ‘which would be of interest in regard to the injuries sustained’, Moroney said.
No firearms were found inside the property.
Shomon Ahamed did not appear in person or on screen when his matter was mentioned briefly in Campbelltown Local Court.
He did not apply for bail and the case was adjourned until July 15.
The alleged murders have left residents in the usually quiet neighbourhood reeling as they try to come to terms with the tragedy that unfolded on their street.
Amanda Wasillewski, who lives three doors down from the family, said she had only met them once.
‘It was a chance meeting – our peacock flew into their yard, so I had to go over and catch her and I met the father and the two children.
‘He was quite polite, a bit withdrawn, a bit socially awkward.’
A shocked neighbour said she was devastated by the tragedy and could not believe something so horrific had happened
She left roses outside the home where the family was allegedly killed
Amanda Wasillewski, who lives three doors down from the family, said she had only met them once and that the father was ‘socially awkward’
She said locals often referred to the neighbourhood as ‘the retirement village’ because of how quiet it usually was.
‘We didn’t hear anything – not even a peep, because normally we would be alerted if we heard a scream or anything.
‘We would have gone to investigate to see if someone needed assistance, but there was absolutely nothing.’
Another shocked neighbour told the Daily Mail the family was ‘pretty quiet’ and mostly kept to themselves, adding he never saw the children playing in the street.
‘I heard the ambulances but just thought somebody had a heart attack or something,’ he said.
Another neighbour laid roses outside the home in tribute to the victims.
‘This is just terrible to wake up to find out this happened on my mother’s street, I can’t believe it.
‘I’m feeling for these children, their friends, they’ve gotta go to school and find out their little mates aren’t coming to school today – it just breaks my heart.’
Shocked neighbours said the family mostly kept to themselves, with one resident telling Daily Mail he initially believed the arriving ambulance crews had been responding to a medical emergency
A neighbour looks on in shock as her ordinary street is transformed into a crime scene
Footage from Monday night showed the street flooded with police vehicles as homicide investigators cordoned off a large area around a two-storey home.
No one else is believed to have been inside the home at the time of the alleged attack.
The horrific discovery was made only hours after police announced hundreds of arrests in a statewide operation targeting repeat domestic violence offenders.
‘This today appears to be not something that we had on our radar in terms of being known to police, but I can reassure the public that domestic violence is a number one priority for the NSW Police, and we will continue to prioritise DV offenders,’ Moroney said.
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