Mother arrested after allegedly stabbing her two young boys on an Adelaide motorway

The boys - aged eight and three - were taken to hospital with critical injuries after incident on North-South Motorway in South Australia

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A woman has been arrested after allegedly stabbing her two children on a motorway in Adelaide, with police praising a man who intervened, stating his actions prevented a far worse outcome.

South Australian police claim the woman stopped her car on the North-South Motorway late on Monday night and removed her two young boys - aged eight and three - before allegedly stabbing them several times with a knife.

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