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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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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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Ideological attack or deluded defence? Wieambilla ‘terrorism’ label questioned

‘If this was a Salafi-Jihadist case, I don’t think we’d be having a lot of these questions asked,’ said extremism expert Josh Roose.

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‘Meat suits’, Freemasons and suicide pacts: The chain reaction that set off the Wieambilla killers

At the Wieambilla inquest, a forensic clinical psychology traced the shadows of the Trains to find out how a tragedy like this could have been prevented.

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Wieambilla shooting 'ideological terrorism': expert

Two officers were killed by a family who believed they would "die fighting for God" in actions that fit the definition of terrorism, an inquest has been told.

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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.

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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

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Police fired after talks failed: Wieambilla inquest

Police fired their first shot at three cop killers after trying to negotiate with them for more than an hour at a remote Queensland property, an inquest heard.

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The Wieambilla inquest’s impossible task

Inquiries like the one into the Wieambilla shooting are designed to be as emotionless as possible. But inevitably the grief and pain seep through.

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Australian police officer recalls 2022 ambush by extremists in rural area that left 2 officers dead

A police officer has testified that he did not know where bullets were coming from as two colleagues were shot in an ambush by three Christian extremists on a rural Australian property two years ago

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Tony Burke wins Home Affairs

In the latest cabinet reshuffle, the prime minister has entrusted Tony Burke with both Home Affairs and Immigration, and Australian athletes already have four gold medals at the Olympics.

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'Psychotic' camouflaged shooters lay in wait for police

Four police officers walked along a driveway unaware they were being watched by "psychotic" brothers with high-powered rifles, a coroner has heard.

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Kerry Dare was widowed by the Wieambilla shooters. She believes police could have saved her husband

Alan Dare was killed while investigating what was happening at a neighbouring house. His wife thinks police should have warned him not to go.

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US man linked to Qld police shootings pleads not guilty

An American allegedly posted videos saying the family who killed police officers in the Wieambilla shootings were "martyrs" in a battle with demonic entities.

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US man linked to Qld police shootings offered plea deal

US prosecutors have been given time to negotiate with a man accused of links to a family who shot dead two Australian two police officers and a neighbour.

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US man linked to Qld shootings claims right to own guns

A man accused of messaging the family who shot two Queensland police officers has claimed he should be allowed to own guns despite his criminal history.

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Man linked to cop shootings charged over military guns

A US man accused of talking online with the Queensland family who fatally shot two police officers now faces new charges of possessing military-style firearms.

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Qld police shooting inspired 'true threats' from US man

Prosecutors have argued a US man accused of encouraging the Queensland police shooting that claimed three lives later made serious threats to kill others.

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Foreign relations: why an isolated Arizona man was arrested in connection to the Wieambilla shooting in Australia

Facebook posts show Donald Day Jr increasingly withdrawing from community and society as he grew closer to those he met online, including Queensland couple who killed police in 2022 shooting

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Man 'posted online video threat' after police shootings

A US citizen has been accused of posting a video online threatening violence against police days after a religiously-motivated terrorist attack in Queensland.

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Wieambilla-linked Christian conspiracy theorist allegedly threatened police, public officials

Court documents show Donald Day Jr, who interacted with Gareth, Stacey and Nathaniel Train on YouTube, allegedly made violent threats online after the trio were killed by police.

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‘Fight and die well’: the US conspiracy theorist linked to the Wieambilla shooters

Donald Day, charged with inciting violence, preached far-right rhetoric about enforced vaccinations and attempts to ban Christianity

The Independent UK

Arizona man charged over online posts that allegedly incited Australian attack in which 6 died

A U.S. citizen has been charged in Arizona over online posts that allegedly incited what police describe as a “religiously motivated terrorist attack” in Australia a year ago in which six people died

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Shocking detail in gunning of two officers, neighbour at Wieambilla

Bodycam video shows two police officers and a neighbour were shot without warning during a deadly firefight at a Queensland property, a coroner heard.

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The Christian right is trying really hard to disown the Wieambilla shooters

One Christian political figure says Islam or belief in climate change were more likely to inspire violence than Christian premillennialism.

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