BREAKING NEWS Horror as woman is found stabbed to death near a shopping centre in Queensland
Police arrived at a house at Creekside Esplanade in Cooloola Cove, 220km north of Brisbane, at 7.15pm on Sunday to find a woman in her 50s stabbed.
She was treated at the scene but died from her injuries.
The Cooloola Cove area is home to about 3,000 people and the stabbing occurred in a residential estate just 100m from the town's shopping centre.
On Monday, forensic police were seen at the home where the incident occurred.
A man in his 50s was assisting police with their inquiries.
A crime scene was declared and investigations are ongoing to determine the circumstances surrounding the death.
Anyone with information was urged to contact police.
More to come.
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