<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The son of a woman </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/south-ausralia-police-bordertown-sudden-deaths/cff5b417-f6a0-40c6-96f1-867974e5fc79" rel="" target="" title="murdered by her husband in a tragic murder-suicide at Bordertown"><span>murdered by her husband in a tragic murder-suicide at Bordertown</span></a><span> says his caring mother would do anything for her children.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Questions are now being raised about how the murdered mum slipped through the system, only months after the alarm was raised about her soon-to-be killer husband. </span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Shafiqa Husseini was killed by her husband, Mirza Husseini, who then took his own life, on Sunday, leaving behind six children.</span></div></div><div><div id="adspot-mobile-medium"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/james-vlassakis-snowtown-killer-granted-parole/46f3c8f7-60b3-49de-80ea-bacbbceee6ff"><strong><span>Youngest of the Snowtown killers granted parole</span></strong></a><strong></strong></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Her eldest child released a heartfelt statement to 9News expressing the family's grief. </span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"We are still in disbelief and are finding it difficult to accept," he said. </span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"Mum took care of us children and gave all her life to every single one of us."</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/national/bordertown-murder-suicide-questions-dv-services/1523f75b-f1dd-40ba-9cb1-fbd5e723b838" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Detectives revisited the family home in Bordertown as part of their investigation today, just as advocates questioned how Shafiqa slipped through the system after raising concerns about her husband months before her murder.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"Exactly what happened, and what was reported to the authorities, and whether this was a case that fell through the cracks," advocate Arman Abrahimzadeh said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/arrest-over-fatal-stabbing-of-teenage-girl-in-nsw/3abc73a0-1178-459a-b7d0-b5b574003d58"><strong><span>Exchange student arrested after fatal stabbing</span></strong></a><strong><span></span></strong></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Some have highlighted the lack of readily accessible domestic violence support in the region, noting the nearest help centre is located in Mount Gambier, a two-hour drive from Bordertown. </span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"It is very hard, and nobody can say or understand what is going on inside people. I think it is very important to understand, to talk to each other," community leader Yunus Noori said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Bordertown Mayor Liz Goossens acknowledged the service gap. </span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"Like all regional areas, we are lacking in those services and certainly would appreciate all the help we can have," she said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><em><span>This article was produced with the assistance of</span></em><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/technology/9express/16480c33-636a-461f-9c4f-d0e2522c722a"><em><span>9ExPress</span></em></a><em><span>.</span></em></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>Support is available from the</span></strong><span> </span><strong><span>National Sexual Assault, Domestic and Family Violence Counselling Service</span></strong><span> </span><strong><span>at</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.1800respect.org.au/" title="https://www.1800respect.org.au/"><strong><span>1800RESPECT (1800 737 732)</span></strong></a><strong><span>.</span></strong></div></div>
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