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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Ben Smee

Inquest to examine phone and online data in bid to understand radicalisation of Wieambilla shooters

Floral tributes at Tara police station
An inquest will investigate the deaths of two police officers and a neighbour at Wieambilla in December 2022. Photograph: Jason O’Brien/AAP

The Queensland state coroner will review the diaries, online activities and six years’ of phone data relating to Wieambilla shooters Gareth, Nathaniel and Stacey Train in a bid to understand how they became radicalised and identify any potential associates.

A pre-inquest conference into the December 2022 deaths of police officers Matthew Arnold and Rachel McCrow, and neighbour Alan Dare, was told on Thursday they were each shot dead in circumstances where they had “no interactions” with anyone at the Wieambilla property.

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