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Police negligence alleged over Wieambilla shootings

Legal action has been launched by the families of two officers killed at Wieambilla, lodging a damages claim for debilitating psychological injuries.

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Police 'at risk' unless Wieambilla shooting sees change

Officers need access to satellite radios, drones and online monitoring of violent extremists in the wake of the Wieamblla shootings, the police union says.

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Two Australian police officers were killed in an ambush. It was deemed terrorism – but an inquest says otherwise

Six people died during the shootings at a remote property in Wieambilla, Queensland. A coroner says a family’s shared paranoid delusions drove their attack

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Christian conspiracy theorists who killed police officers ‘shared delusional disorder’

All three believed the world was about to end in accordance with Christian teachings

The Independent UK

Wieambilla police shooting not ‘terrorism’ but driven by Train family’s shared ‘delusions’, Queensland coroner finds

Coroner’s report into deaths of Rachel McCrow, Matthew Arnold and Alan Dare released following five-day inquest

The Guardian - AU

Wieambilla police 'woefully' outgunned in sniper ambush

The families of two police killed in the Wieambilla shootings say they are disappointed in the coroner's findings into the tragedy that claimed six lives.

AAP

Families await findings from deadly Wieambilla attack

A coroner is set to deliver his findings into the deadly Wieambilla shootings that killed six people including two police officers and a good Samaritan.

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US man linked to Wieambilla killings makes plea deal

A United States-based conspiracy theorist linked to the deadly ambush shootings at Wieambilla has accepted a plea deal after agreeing to watered-down charges.

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Trial delay for US man linked with Wieambilla shootings

A US man accused of telling an Australian family to show no mercy to police before two officers were shot has been given more time to prepare his legal defence.

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From Wieambilla to Porepunkah, violent ‘anti-government extremists’ are a growing threat

Gareth, Stacey and Nathaniel Train were not ‘sovereign citizens’ but they shared a deep hatred of police with the Victorian suspect Dezi Freeman

The Guardian - AU

Hackers delay US trial linked to Wieambilla shootings

The trial of a US man accused of links to the Wieambilla shootings in rural Queensland has been delayed after a ransomware attack on his lawyer's office.

AAP

US man 'urged no mercy' before Aussie cops gunned down

Pictures allegedly showing sniper hides similar to those found where two Queensland police officers were shot dead have been filed in a US court case.

AAP

US man seeks to bar Australian shooting cops from trial

A man facing charges over guns and making threats overseas is trying to block testimony from Australian police about his alleged links to six shooting deaths.

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'Senseless, evil': families reflect on fatal shootings

The families of two police officers ambushed at a rural property have tearfully remembered the second anniversary of the shootings that killed six people.

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Long path to 'rare and devastating' Wieambilla shooting

Four constables in rural Queensland had no idea they would be ambushed by two brothers with rifles and delusions of police being demons wearing "meat suits".

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Police never needed to attend Wieambilla, families say

The families of two police constables killed in rural Queensland say there was no reason for the officers to attend the call-out that led to a fatal shooting.

The Independent UK

Lawyer blames psychiatric disorder shared by 3 Australian Christian extremists for fatal siege

A lawyer has told a coroner that three Christian extremists would probably not have fatally shot two police officers and a bystander in an ambush on a rural Australian property and wounded a third officer two years ago if they had not shared the same psychiatric disorder

The Guardian - AU

Afternoon Update: Wieambilla massacre victim’s final goodbye; Qantas profit down; and the PM’s joke caught on camera

On the final day of Wieambilla inquest hearings the coroner has heard emotional statements on behalf of victims’ families

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'No excuses': families demand action over police deaths

The families of two young police constables shot dead in a rural ambush want their loved ones' legacy to be changes that protect officers in the line of duty.

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Terrorism investigation into Wieambilla shooting 'open'

The Wieambilla shootings remain an "open terrorism investigation" in Queensland that includes a US man closely associated with the killers, a coroner has heard.

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Police not told of 'doomsday' ideas before cop killings

NSW police did not pass on reports about the apocalyptic beliefs of two brothers before six people were shot dead on a rural property, a coroner has heard.

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Health 'apocalypse' aided teacher's path to cop killing

A teacher who respected police was aided in becoming a delusional cop killer by a personal "apocalypse" in the form of a heart attack, a coroner has heard.

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Off-grid killers: lots of toilet paper and Faraday box

A glimpse into how cop killers Nathaniel, Gareth and Stacey Train lived has been revealed for the first time at an inquest into the December 2022 shootings.

The Guardian - AU

Radicalised killers used military-style defences to force police retreat during Wieambilla siege

Train family laid series of ‘tactically sound’ obstacles to gain advantage in shootout, coronial inquest hears

AAP

Heavily armed cops sent if dangers known, inquest told

Police would have sent heavily armed officers to serve an arrest warrant at Wieambilla if they were told at least one person present was "incredibly dangerous".

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