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Michelle Duff in Piopio

Images of Tom Phillips’ remote campsite revealed a day after fugitive father shot dead by New Zealand police

Tom Phillips Police Richard Chambers New Zealand Piopio
One of the campsites where Tom Phillips and his children were hiding prior to Monday morning’s shooting at Waitomo.
One of the campsites where fugitive father Tom Phillips and his children were hiding prior to Monday morning’s shooting in Waitomo, New Zealand. Photograph: New Zealand police

Police in New Zealand have released images and given details of the campsite where two of fugitive Tom Phillips’ children were found, after their father was shot and killed by police on Monday.

Phillips had spent nearly four years hiding in the wilderness with his children. He was killed in an exchange of fire with police after reports of a burglary in the remote town of Piopio. A police officer is recovering in hospital after being shot in the head by Phillips with a high-powered rifle in the standoff. About 11 hours after Phillips was killed, two of his children were found safe and well at the campsite in Waitomo. It is understood the third child was with Phillips at the time of the shooting.

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