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Tess Ikonomou

Probe pressure builds on police over lead up to murders

Ariel Bombara says her family's pleas for protection from her father were repeatedly ignored. (Phil Hemingway/AAP PHOTOS)

Police need to answer if they let down the terrified family of a gunman before he murdered two people, a federal minister says, as calls grow for an independent probe into the tragedy.

An internal police investigation will look at the handling of interactions with the daughter and ex-wife of Mark Bombara, who had fled "out of fear of their lives".

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