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Small town rocked by couple's 'extremely confronting' murder-suicide
- Latest: police confirm a murder-suicide occurred at a rural Campania property on Native Corners Road.
- Tasmania Police call the scene extremely confronting for first responders.
- Authorities say the incident appears to involve family violence with no firearms.
- The man is believed to have killed himself using a knife, according to police.
- Campania is a small town about 40 minutes from Hobart, with about 1,158 residents.
- Police will prepare a report for the Coroner as investigations continue.
- The couple were not previously known to police, according to Det-Insp Gill.
- The incident is being treated as a murder-suicide with family violence context.
- There were no firearms involved in the deaths, police said.
- The town of Campania, with about 1,158 residents, lies near Hobart in southern Tasmania.
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