One child dead and two children in critical condition after Blue Mountains stabbing

Emergency services attend the scene of a stabbing at Valley Heights in the Blue Mountains. One child was found deceased in a vehicle, police said, while two others and a woman were taken to hospital. Photograph: Sarah Wilson/AAP

A child has died in a stabbing attack in the Blue Mountains, with two other children and a woman in hospital in critical condition, New South Wales police say.

In a statement on Sunday afternoon, police said emergency services responded to reports of three children and a woman with stab wounds in a vehicle on Waratah Road, Valley Heights.