Category: Wieambilla

Australian Police Killings Deemed Terror Attack, Linked to ‘Christian Extremism’

The siege that claimed the lives of two police officers and an innocent bystander has been deemed a “religiously-motivated terrorist attack” by Queensland Police. Deputy Police Commissioner Tracy Linford said the force combed through 190 statements and the lives of the Train family, with police concluding that the trio subscribed to the “Christian extremist ideology”…


Police Union Calls for Review of Australia’s Gun Licensing System After Deadly Ambush

The head of the Queensland Police Union, Ian Leavers, says more coordination may be needed between the state’s separate gun licensing systems following the deadly ambush and killing of two police officers at Wieambilla, near the remote inland Queensland town of Chincilla. The three perpetrators were found to have access to “considerable weaponry” at their property,…