Mersane Warria. Picture: File Source: Supplied

Raina Mersane Ina Thaiday had denounced technology, banning it from the family home, cutting out power and even tossed out the television.

Meanwhile, preliminary autopsy reports are detailing the horrific injuries sustained by the seven children in the knife attack.

Police will allege some of the eight numbers suffered multiple stab wounds. It is alleged one child sustained at least 12 knife wounds to the front and 10 more on the back, according to pathology results.

Senior police yesterday declined to comment on the autopsy findings, which are yet to be completed.

They would also not comment on whether the illicit drug ice had played a key role in what could have been a possible psychotic episode.

“I’m not dismissing it (ice), but I can’t discuss it,” regional crime co-ordinator detective Inspector Bruno Asnicar said.

Neighbours’ reports of the events leading up to the frenzied killings were inconsistent; some claimed the public housing home, which housed nine children in total, was often a hub of wild parties that lasted all night.

Yet on a front window, a handwritten sign reads: “NO ALCOHOL, CIGARETTE, AND DRUNKEN PEOPLE ALLOWED IN THIS AREA”.

Earlier, police said they will oppose bail for Ms Thaiday, who was yesterday formally charged with eight counts of murder in a bedside court hearing in Cairns Hospital, where she is being treated for injuries suffered during her alleged rampage on Friday.

Four girls aged 14, 12, 11 and two and four boys aged nine, eight, six and five were found stabbed to death in a Murray St home on Friday.

Ms Thaiday has been under police arrest in hospital recovering from non-life threatening self-inflicted knife wounds. She is also due to undergo mental health assessments.

The charges will be heard in Cairns Magistrates Court tomorrow but police say Warria, also known as Raina Thaiday, has been remanded in custody and will not appear.

“She is currently under police guard and will remain so until a decision’s made about any future accommodations,’’ regional crime co-coordinator Detective Inspector Bruno Asnicar said.

Family and and friends of some of the dead children attended a media conference at Cairns police station where Insp Asnicar confirmed the charges, but they did not speak with journalists.

Murder accused cannot ply for bail in the Magistrates Court but Insp Asnicar said police would “obviously” oppose if she makes a Supreme Court bail bid.

He said Warria was “conscious and lucid” but would not comment on her reaction to the charges.

The families of the dead children had also been informed of the murder charges, he said.

“It’d come as no surprise that this is a very raw and emotive time for everybody,” he said.

“The family’s deeply, deeply upset but the community’s pulling together. It’s as good as it can be out of tragic, tragic circumstances.”

Asked how the five different fathers of the eight dead were bearing up, Insp Asnicar said: “You don’t need too much of an imagination to understand how they’re feeling.”

Insp Asnicar said autopsies had not been completed and the house at 34 Murray St, Manoora, was expected to remain a crime scene for days.

Local MP Gavin King said the future of the Housing Commission house would be decided once police had finished their investigation and will announce details of a public memorial to the children tomorrow.

He also announced a public appeal for donations to the families through UnitingCare.

the public were also being urged to donate household goods to the Salvation Army to help accommodate extended family members travelling to Cairns from across Queensland to mourn the children.

Mr King backed police comments dismissing fears of unrest in Manoora over the mass murder.

“Most people understand this is a tragedy of untold horror - it’s not a time for retribution,” he said.