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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Charlotte Graham-McLay and Namita Singh

Fugitive father who went on the run with his children for nearly four years shot dead by police

A fugitive father who had been evading New Zealand authorities for almost four years along with his three children, was shot dead by a police officer on Monday.

Tom Phillips and his children, now aged approximately nine, ten, and eleven, vanished in December 2021.

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