Sydney, May 10 -- A woman has been charged with murder over the deaths of two boys whose bodies were found in a home northwest of Sydney in the state of New South Wales (NSW), a NSW Police statement said on Saturday morning.

Police officers responding to reports of a concern for welfare found the bodies of the two boys, aged six and seven, inside a home in the small town of Coonabarabran, over 300 km northwest of Sydney, on May 5.

A 66-year-old woman who was also found inside the home was taken to the hospital under police guard until being released on May 9, when she was taken to a local police station and charged with two counts of murder.

The Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) reported that the woman is the grandmother of th...