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Hannah Clarke marie claire Women of the Year for domestic violence bravery
Queensland mum Hannah Clarke has been posthumously honoured as one of Australia’s Women of the Year after she was killed along with her three young children by her estranged partner.
Hannah was on the morning school run when estranged husband Rowan Baxter, 42, jumped into the passenger seat of her car and doused the family in petrol in a suburban Brisbane street on February 19.
He set them all on fire before telling people in the street not to help. He then took his own life.
The children, Aaliyah, 6, Laianah, 4, and Trey, 3, died in the car while Hannah jumped from the driver’s seat screaming: “He’s poured petrol on me.”
She later died in hospital – but not before giving police detailed statements about the horrifying incident…
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