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Two Australian police officers were killed in an ambush. It was deemed terrorism – but an inquest says otherwise

Six people died during the shootings at a remote property in Wieambilla, Queensland. A coroner says a family’s shared paranoid delusions drove their attack

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Wieambilla police shooting not ‘terrorism’ but driven by Train family’s shared ‘delusions’, Queensland coroner finds

Coroner’s report into deaths of Rachel McCrow, Matthew Arnold and Alan Dare released following five-day inquest

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Wieambilla shootings: coroner to deliver findings into what police called Australia’s first Christian terrorist attack

Motive of the Trains, who shot dead two police officers and a neighbour before their deaths, expected to be addressed on Friday

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Why are police a target for sovereign citizen violence?

As the tragic events evolve in Porepunkah, northeast Victoria, media outlets have reported the alleged shooter, Dezi Freeman, is known to be a “sovereign citizen”.

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Long path to 'rare and devastating' Wieambilla shooting

Four constables in rural Queensland had no idea they would be ambushed by two brothers with rifles and delusions of police being demons wearing "meat suits".

AAP

Police never needed to attend Wieambilla, families say

The families of two police constables killed in rural Queensland say there was no reason for the officers to attend the call-out that led to a fatal shooting.

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Afternoon Update: Wieambilla massacre victim’s final goodbye; Qantas profit down; and the PM’s joke caught on camera

On the final day of Wieambilla inquest hearings the coroner has heard emotional statements on behalf of victims’ families

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Hundreds of 'shots fired' reports before cop killings

Police recorded hundreds of "shots fired" incidents around a rural property in the years before six people were killed, a coroner has heard.

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Afternoon Update: Raygun breaks out kangaroo hop; Wieambilla massacre was ‘suicide by cop’; and horses prove their intelligence

Fellow Olympians cheer breaker Rachael Gunn as she joyfully re-enacts some of her viral moves

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Surrender negotiations met with gunfire at Wieambilla

Recordings of a police negotiator calling on cop shooters to put down their weapons have been played at an inquest into the deaths on a rural Qld property.

AAP

Radicalised killers used military-style defences to force police retreat during Wieambilla siege

Train family laid series of ‘tactically sound’ obstacles to gain advantage in shootout, coronial inquest hears

The Guardian - AU

Police fired after talks failed: Wieambilla inquest

Police fired their first shot at three cop killers after trying to negotiate with them for more than an hour at a remote Queensland property, an inquest heard.

AAP

Heavily armed cops sent if dangers known, inquest told

Police would have sent heavily armed officers to serve an arrest warrant at Wieambilla if they were told at least one person present was "incredibly dangerous".

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‘Running for her life’: how police rescued trapped officer from Wieambilla ambush

Rescue team members tell inquest they devised a code to guide Const Keely Brough to safety, drawing gunfire as they blocked property entrance

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Trapped shooting cop's rescue risked by 'blackspot'

The police commander responding to a deadly shooting in rural Queensland was unable to order a rescue mission for an officer in danger due to phone blackspots.

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Wife 'heard husband shot dead' on phone to triple zero

A woman was on the phone to triple zero when hearing what she now believes was the gunshot that killed her husband coming from their neighbours' rural property.

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Outgunned cop had 'no alternative' but to flee ambush

An inquest has been told a police officer had "no alternative" but to run after being ambushed by men with high-powered rifles at a rural property.

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US man linked to Qld police shootings pleads not guilty

An American allegedly posted videos saying the family who killed police officers in the Wieambilla shootings were "martyrs" in a battle with demonic entities.

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Bid to keep police shooting details 'secret' from probe

Extremely sensitive police material may be kept from an inquest into the Wieambilla shootings that claimed six lives including two officers back in 2022.

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Australian government pledges $161.3m for national firearms register

Attorney general cites 2022 Wieambilla massacre as ‘catalyst’ for establishing register which will provide near real-time ownership and risk information

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Qld police share evidence on alleged shooting supporter

Evidence gathered by Australian authorities into the December 2022 fatal shooting of two police officers at Wieambilla has been provided to a US court case.

The Guardian - AU

Wieambilla shooting: Donald Day allegedly had buckets of ammunition and threatened FBI agents, US court told

Arizona conspiracy theorist faces fresh weapons charges and is accused of threatening five special agents during his arrest in late 2023

The Guardian - AU

Wieambilla shooting: lawyers for Donald Day mount freedom-of-speech defence over alleged threats to police

Arizona conspiracy theorist who was arrested in connection to Queensland terrorist attack seeking to have charges dismissed

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Foreign relations: why an isolated Arizona man was arrested in connection to the Wieambilla shooting in Australia

Facebook posts show Donald Day Jr increasingly withdrawing from community and society as he grew closer to those he met online, including Queensland couple who killed police in 2022 shooting

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Wieambilla shooting arrest: Donald Day Jr’s day of reckoning at an Arizona Dairy Queen

Day’s friends had shot dead two police who came to their Queensland property. The FBI was taking no such chances

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