Seven found slain at Australian rural property

CANBERRA - Seven people, including four children, were found dead from gunshot wounds at a property near the tourist town of Margaret River in Australia's southwest on Friday in what could be the country's worst mass shooting in 22 years, police said.

Police said they responded to an early-morning phone call and arrived to find a "horrific incident" in the small town of Osmington near the world-renowned wine-growing area south of Perth.

Seven bodies and two guns were found at a rural property at the village of Osmington, Western Australia state Police Commissioner Chris Dawson said.