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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
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Ben Smee

Wieambilla shooting: property owner Gareth Train posted regularly on conspiracy website before police killed

Aerial photo of property where shooting occurred
Shot gunman Gareth Train, the brother of missing man Nathaniel Train and who owned the Wieambilla property where two police officers were killed, had posted frequently on conspiracy websites. Photograph: 7 NEWS

Gareth Train, the owner of a rural Queensland property where six people, including two police officers, were shot and killed on Monday, had become deeply entangled in an online conspiracy community, where he posted about a mistrust of police and claims the Port Arthur massacre was a false-flag operation.

The Queensland police commissioner, Katarina Carroll, on Tuesday said there had been “a lot of ammunition and weaponry” at the property, at Wieambilla in the Western Downs, and that the killed officers “did not stand a chance”.

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