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Special Operations police have shot dead three people in a gunfight that followed the deaths of two Queensland police officers and a member of the public at ...

A neighbour said the man was shot as he walked up to the gate. My condolences to all who are grieving tonight – Australia mourns with you.— Anthony Albanese (@AlboMP) Terrible scenes in Wieambilla and a heartbreaking day for the families and friends of the Queensland Police officers who have lost their lives in the line of duty. "I extend my deepest respects to their families and to the Queensland Police Service family as a whole," she tweeted. Australia's police Minister Mark Ryan said it was a "traumatic, confronting and devastating event" and paid tribute to the two "heroes" who lost their lives. "Our thoughts are also with police who bravely contained and managed the subsequent operation that has now resulted in the deaths of all the offenders," Leavers wrote in a statement to members."

According to the Courier Mail, Constable Rachel McCrow, 26, and Constable Matthew Arnold, 29, were gunned down at the property in the western Darling Downs, ...

“The events of today remind us that our job as police is always dangerous. The gunmen allegedly then started a bushfire in a bid to find the female officer, but she was rescued by a 16-strong extraction team of police who also recovered the bodies of the two murdered officers, according to a police source. “The senseless murder of colleagues is a very emotional and challenging time for the entire police community. “To know that she and he are no longer with us in what was a ruthless, calculated and targeted execution of our colleagues and loved ones brings home the very real risks that we face every single day doing our jobs.” He confirmed the constables, both from the small town of Tara, had been fired upon during “routine missing person inquiries” at the property, and received the “full force of the blasts”, while their two colleagues were “lucky to have escaped with their lives”. The two young police officers executed in cold blood at a Queensland property on Monday afternoon have been identified.

Another two officers were wounded when at least two gunmen opened fire at a rural property in Wieambilla last night.

AAP has been told the three attackers were killed in a firefight with officers. Authorities said a siege situation ensued at the property and specialist police officers and PolAir responded. According to police sources, the men were brothers and the woman, one's partner. Police returned fire but the two officers were critically injured and died at the scene. Another two officers were wounded when at least two gunmen opened fire at the property on Wains Rd in Wieambilla at 4.45pm (local time). Police have shot dead three people after an ambush at a remote property on Queensland's Darling Downs in which two officers and a neighbour were killed.

Six people are dead, including two Australian police officers, a member of the public and three alleged gunmen, after a deadly ambush in Queensland overnight.

The officers were responding to reports of a missing person in Wieambilla, 270km from Brisbane.

Peter Dutton, a former Queensland police officer who now leads the opposition Liberal Party, said the murder of police officers was "deeply distressing". Residents are being told to remain indoors "until further notice". Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said it was a "heartbreaking day for the families and friends" of the Queensland Police officers who lost their lives in the line of duty.

Police commissioner Katarina Carroll says it's a miracle two officers survived after being confronted by a 'hail of gunshots'

A siege situation ensued, with 16 specialist police officers and PolAir responding to the incident. Both officers started their careers in Dalby before transferring to Tara. “But that neighbour, like my officers, didn’t stand a chance either.” The assailants then lit a grass fire to locate the officer who had hidden. A neighbour was also gunned down. She said she had been to the property that morning to look at the “confronting” scene and been briefed on the start of the investigation.

Details have emerged on one of the cop killers - and the chilling methods they used.

“I understand one of these police officers was a young female who had only been in the police force for eight weeks. She had to hide in the grass. “Terrible scenes in Wieambilla and a heartbreaking day for the families and friends of the Queensland Police officers who have lost their lives in the line of duty,” he wrote. “A member of the public went to investigate and he was shot in the back. “If she stood up, she would be shot. The identity of one of the three people who killed two police officers and one civilian in a “murderous” plot in rural Queensland has been revealed, as more details emerge on the chilling methods the killers used to try and trap their prey.

According to the Courier Mail, Constable Rachel McCrow, 26, and Constable Matthew Arnold, 29, were gunned down at the property in the western Darling Downs, ...

and Constable Matthew Arnold, 29, were gunned down at a property in the western Darling Downs, about three hours west of Brisbane. “The events of today remind us that our job as police is always dangerous. Two police officers and a civilian were shot at a property in Wieambilla, Western Downs, Queensland. Queensland Police are reeling this morning after two of their own were shot dead in a “targeted execution”, with a heartbreaking internal memo revealing the extent of the shock felt by officers. Constable Rachel McCrow, 26. The two young police officers executed in cold blood at a Queensland property on Monday afternoon have been identified.

The man at the centre of the "execution-style" slaying of two Australian police officers and an innocent neighbour in Queensland has been named.

Queensland police said Constable Rachel McCrow, 29, and Constable Matthew Arnold, 26 were among officers at the property in Wieambilla, west of Brisbane, as ...

[and] they made the ultimate sacrifice." "Losing one of our own has a profound impact on every single officer and their families. My condolences to all who are grieving tonight – Australia mourns with you.— Anthony Albanese (@AlboMP) Terrible scenes in Wieambilla and a heartbreaking day for the families and friends of the Queensland Police officers who have lost their lives in the line of duty. Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk said the shooting was a "horrific tragedy" which was beyond belief, offering her condolences to the families of the two fallen officers. He then left the school. "In total, six people have lost their lives. He said the local sergeant had assembled a team of 16 police officers, and "under heavy gunfire" went to the property to retrieve their "fallen colleagues". "The two surviving police and 16 police who went in there are just real heroes that put their lives on the line to try and rescue our mates." "Matthew and Rachel were highly respected and much-loved members of the Queensland Police Service," she said. "One of the deceased was a former NSW Education employee who had not been working at a NSW school since August 2021," the department said in a statement. Four Queensland police officers went to the property as part of a search for Nathaniel Train who was the subject of a missing persons report.

On Monday afternoon, two young police officers were gunned down at a remote property in Wieambilla in Queensland, Australia's western Darling Downs region, with ...

Naplan is an opportunity to learn, and provides all schools in Australia with point-in-time assessment. It’s a confusing situation.” Train worked at the school as recently as 2019, when it came in at number 25 in a ranking of Queensland’s best Naplan results for the year, recording the best primary school results in the Australian Far North. However, he remained in contact with his family until Sunday, October 9, 2022. Latham has now confirmed that he visited the school after Train informed him that he was “very unhappy” with the situation at Walgett Community College Primary School. The NSW Department of Education has since confirmed that Nathaniel Train was a former employee, telling The Guardian he had not been working at an NSW school since August 2021 and that he officially left the department’s employment in March this year.

Mystery surrounds how a respected school principal who went missing last year became involved in the horrific police shooting that stunned the nation. On M.

Naplan is an opportunity to learn, and provides all schools in Australia with point-in-time assessment. It’s a confusing situation.” Train worked at the school as recently as 2019, when it came in at number 25 in a ranking of Queensland’s best Naplan results for the year, recording the best primary school results in the Australian Far North. However, he remained in contact with his family until Sunday, October 9, 2022. “He had a feeling of disappointment and frustration with the education department that had left him feeling bruised and drained, I would say.” The NSW Department of Education has since confirmed that Nathaniel Train was a former employee, telling The Guardian he had not been working at an NSW school since August 2021 and that he officially left the department’s employment in March this year.

Questions continue to swirl over what prompted a deadly attack on police in Queensland. Six people are dead- two officers, a neighbour, and three alleged o.

Tributes flow from state and federal leaders after two police officers and a civilian die in shooting.

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The deaths of the officers at Wieambilla brings the Queensland Police death toll to four over five years, including the 2017 killing of Brett Forte.

Out of the 15 police deaths in the past five years across Australia, 10 have occurred since early 2020. They are the third and fourth fatalities in the Queensland Police ranks in the past five years. The gunman, Ricky Maddison, was known to police and had been spotted in Toowoomba before he led officers on a chase through the Lockyer Valley. The fatal shooting of two police officers on Queensland's Western Downs is the second deadly ambush of officers in the state in five years. - There have been four police fatalities in the state in the past five years Wieambilla shooting the second fatal ambush of Queensland Police in five years

Two Australian police officers and an innocent bystander have been shot dead in an ambush at a Queensland property, in what's been described as an ...

Fortunately that didn't occur, and the male constable who had also retreated, he'd gone back, he'd been shot, he got into the police vehicle and the vehicle was shot at. and these two murderous cowards - which is what I'll call them - have then gone up and executed the two police who were lying on the ground. "She's only got nine weeks ... it's been too much to bear in many ways." My condolences to all who are grieving tonight – Australia mourns with you.— Anthony Albanese (@AlboMP) Two have been named as brothers Nathaniel Train and Gareth (Gavin) Train, while the woman has not yet been named.

Six people, including two young police officers, were shot and killed in a drawn-out incident at an isolated property west of Brisbane.

The sparsely populated area is home to several large properties and gas fields. Police, including homicide squad detectives and ethical standards officers, were on Tuesday trying to piece together the events of the day before. On Tuesday night, Carroll said she had spoken to the parents of the officers killed - “it’s beyond belief, the grief” - and also the survivors. He had been due to celebrate his wedding anniversary with wife Kerry in the coming days. Police Union president Ian Leavers said the shooting of the two junior police officers was an “execution”, adding it was a miracle the other officers were alive. Belle Armstrong knew Arnold from the pub where she works, and said he was “just a really friendly person” who sought to get to know people in the community. Police have yet to comment in detail on the nature of the callout to the property, and why four officers attended, other than to say it related to The officers who were killed were stationed in Tara - Stacey Train had worked at the local school for a period - where locals expressed shock and outrage at the incident. “As you could appreciate, as things unravel that quickly, in what is one of the most complex and horrendous environments you can be in, it’s going to take us a number of days, if not weeks, to unravel every single aspect of the scene and every single second of what took place.” “The people I have spoken to cannot believe how she survived and what she did during that time,” Carroll said. With flags flying at half-mast across Queensland, Police Commissioner Katarina Carroll described the four officers who first went to the property as “committed and courageous young people”. “This is, indeed, a devastating day for everyone who loved these Australians, and our hearts go out to those in the grip of terrible grief,” Albanese said.

Online accounts sharing the name of one of the trio shot and killed by police at a regional Queensland property, after the fatal shooting of two officers ...

[Matt Dennien](/by/matt-dennien-p4yvo3)is a state political reporter with Brisbane Times, where he has previously covered Brisbane City Council and general news.Connect via Fortunately for me, they have all been cowards,” the account wrote. Then, the account had commented on a “your rights and the police” post on a sovereign citizen conspiracy site saying he had “directed law enforcement to leave my premises over the last 20yrs”.

Constables Matthew Arnold, 26, and Rachel McCrow, 29, were responding to a call for a missing person when confronted by a "hail of gunshots" after jumping a ...

AAP has been told the three attackers were killed in a firefight with officers. They have executed them in cold blood," Leavers said. "Two males and a female were fatally shot during a confrontation with police shortly after 10.30pm," the force said in a statement early Tuesday morning. The three people who confronted police at the property at Wains Rd, Wieambilla, then allegedly lit a fire in an effort to coax out a young policewoman taking cover in long grass. Police shot dead three people following a siege on Queensland's Darling Downs on Monday night, which ensued after the two officers and a neighbour were gunned down. The final moments of two young police constables killed in an ambush at a remote Queensland property have been described as an execution in cold blood.

Queensland Police will investigate whether two murdered officers were lured to a rural property by killers with links to extremist online communities.

Constable Matthew Arnold, 26, and Constable Rachel McCrow, 29, died in a hail of bullets fired by Train, his brother Gareth and Gareth's partner Stacey, moments ...

“It’s a tough day for police here locally. Matt and Rachel, when they’ve been shot, have gone to the ground and they were [then] executed in cold blood. “The neighbour who went to investigate was shot in the back by this murdering trio. “We know the fire was lit to try to bring Keely out and Keely was under the impression that if she stood up that she would be shot or she may be burnt alive. “What’s even more concerning is the neighbour who went to investigate when he saw the fire,” he said. “Keely and Randall are heroes, and the police led by one of the local sargeants who led the team in to retrieve Matt and Rachel while under gun fire, they’re heroes,” he said.

Commissioner Katarina Carroll said investigators would also be looking at the online presence of the attackers, who were shot dead by police in a six-hour siege ...

"We will always do a risk assessment, run those required checks to make sure that we have all the information that we need. "We will go back, revisit every aspect of this … For us, this was a standard job," Commissioner Carroll said. "It's a difficult time for them … "Those officers were responding to a routine job. "We're definitely investigating every avenue, whether it be premeditated, some of the stuff that's online from these people.

Disturbing police radio has captured the moment officers confronted gunmen who killed two cops in rural Queensland. Constables Rachel McCrow, 29, and Matth.

It’s something out of the movies that you think will never ever happen.” She tried to do what she possibly could.” It was a tragedy. “The people that I have spoken to cannot believe how she survived and what she did during that period of time,” she said. They mercilessly then shot her and Arnold dead at close range. She said she initially left the fitness part of the requirements until last because, at the time, she was “the opposite of fit”. “And when she believed her life was about to come to an end, she never stopped trying to do the right thing and communicate with her colleagues. She said she had been receiving a number of messages from people asking her about the fitness requirements for the Queensland Police, revealing she was a member of most recruitment groups on Facebook and “knew the process back to front”. POI 1 potentially taken a round here. “Once I had decided what I was doing with my life, I hopped onto the QPS recruitment site and checked out top to bottom what I needed to do.” He added that the officers “never had a chance” and this is “not what you expect” when responding to a call about a missing person. No movement from number 2 and appears to be blood on the ground,” he adds.

Queensland Police Commissioner Katarina Carroll has vowed to "unpack these peoples' lives" as the investigation into the Wieambilla seige killers continues.

It's gonna be a long road for both of them." I think what the difficult part is here is we're grappling with the senselessness of this. [Constable Randall Kirk and Constable Keely Brough escaped](https://www.9news.com.au/national/wieambilla-emergency-situation-queensland-police-incident-property/21fc6cc0-b8b4-457f-8455-da113a7c1683)and police are rallying around the pair. "Their hearts are broken. It's a tough time, these are dark days," she said." "It may not be in the next couple of days, certainly in the next couple of weeks we will get a real sense as to why this occurred."

The father of the brothers at the centre of the "execution-style" slaying of two Australian police officers and an innocent neighbour in Queensland has ...

The two brothers who were shot dead after killing two police officers and a neighbour in cold blood had reportedly been taking ice and bragging about their ...

McCrow and Arnold were instantly hit, and fell to the ground. McCrow and Arnold then honked their horn to alert the residents of their presence. McCrow and Arnold arrived in the first vehicle, and met a second car containing Brough and Kirk before approaching the property. One source told the publication that they were involved in a “love tryst” and police are now trying to understand the dynamic between the brothers and Stacey in the lead-up to the bloodshed. The four police officers arrived at the remote property about 4.40pm on Monday, with a source close to the investigation telling Margaret, who rented the Wieambilla home 10 years ago, told the Daily Mail that a relative of the Train brothers had told her they had “‘fortified the house and built tunnels underneath … She said it was an “ordinary house” when she had lived there with her children and grandchildren, but noted she heard that things had recently “gone bad in there”. Nathaniel was the “missing person” that police were inquiring about when they approached the Wieambilla home. The two brothers who were shot dead after killing two police officers and a neighbour in cold blood had reportedly been taking ice and bragging about their “fortified house” in the lead-up to the horrific attack. Locals have also claimed that the Train brothers had been using methamphetamine and bragging about turning Gareth and Stacey’s two-bedroom home into a sort of bunker. Constables Rachel McCrow, 29, and Matthew Arnold, 26, were killed “execution-style” after going to the property in Wieambilla, about three hours west of Brisbane, to inquire about a missing person. Constables Keely Brough and Randall Kirk, both aged 28, were also involved in the ambush but managed to escape, with the latter suffering a gunshot wound to the leg.

Katarina Carroll says junior officers investigating a missing person report for Nathaniel Train felt 'very comfortable about the job'

“But certainly junior officers going out, the officers in charge had spoken to them, they were very, very comfortable about the job. “That’s not unusual in this part of the world, because some of those areas are in remote properties, so it really is a BAU [business as usual] response.” Speak to family. certainly not unusual,” she said. It means a lot to know the community cares for us all. “My main thoughts are with the other police families at this awful time.

A young Queensland police officer, attacked in a horrific shooting that killed two other young police, has had surgery and is expected to be released from ...

"It's a difficult time for them … Mr Leavers said the surgery to remove all the shrapnel was "extensive", and Constable Kirk may need further surgery in the future. "I know she is with her loved ones and I'm just wishing her the best that she can take time to process this," Mr Leavers said. Constable Kirk underwent surgery to remove shrapnel and repair injuries from "a variety of weapons", the statement said. "That area is well known to be riddled with snakes and the ants and what they had to go through, not only fighting for their lives and trying to save themselves, they had other elements such as ants and snakes that they had to contend with." Two constables who fled for their lives after their colleagues were gunned down in a "trap" designed to "kill and maim" as many officers as possible had to contend with snakes as fires were lit around them.

Disturbing police radio has captured the moment officers confronted gunmen who killed two cops in rural Queensland. Constables Rachel McCrow, 29, ...

It’s something out of the movies that you think will never ever happen.” She tried to do what she possibly could.” It was a tragedy. “The people that I have spoken to cannot believe how she survived and what she did during that period of time,” she said. They mercilessly then shot her and Arnold dead at close range. She said she initially left the fitness part of the requirements until last because, at the time, she was “the opposite of fit”. “And when she believed her life was about to come to an end, she never stopped trying to do the right thing and communicate with her colleagues. She said she had been receiving a number of messages from people asking her about the fitness requirements for the Queensland Police, revealing she was a member of most recruitment groups on Facebook and “knew the process back to front”. POI 1 potentially taken a round here. “Once I had decided what I was doing with my life, I hopped onto the QPS recruitment site and checked out top to bottom what I needed to do.” He added that the officers “never had a chance” and this is “not what you expect” when responding to a call about a missing person. No movement from number 2 and appears to be blood on the ground,” he adds.

Chinchilla-based Constable Randall Kirk was one of four officers who attended a property at Wieambilla, south of Chinchilla just after 4.30pm on Monday. The ...

The Trains were later shot dead by police after lengthy gunfire was heard from the property. The officers had been called out to the remote property to conduct a welfare check before they were ambushed by the three residents who shot at them. The pregnant wife of one of the officers who escaped with his life from Monday’s police shooting in Queensland’s Darling Downs has revealed her husband’s first thoughts were of his fallen colleagues.

Constable Rachel McCrow, 29, and Constable Matthew Arnold, 26, were killed at a property in Wieambilla, about three hours west of Brisbane, on Monday afternoon ...

McCrow and Arnold were instantly hit, and fell to the ground. McCrow and Arnold then honked their horn to alert the residents of their presence. McCrow and Arnold jumped over the locked fence, and the other two followed. Tactical response officers were called in. The news outlet also reported that Arnold had packed up his car and was planning to drive to Brisbane to see his parents for the Christmas break on Tuesday. According to the Daily Mail, constables McCrow and Arnold were not just colleagues, they also lived together in the town of Tara, about 60km away from Wieambilla.