Six people, including two young police officers, were shot and killed at a property in rural Australia after officers who arrived to investigate reports of a missing person were ambushed, authorities say.
Six people, including two young police officers, were shot and killed at a property in rural Australia after officers who arrived to investigate reports of a missing person were ambushed, authorities said Tuesday.
Police work near the scene of a fatal shooting, where police shot multiple people at a remote Queensland property after an ambush in which two officers and a bystander were also killed, in Wieambilla, Australia, December 13, 2022.In that initial confrontation, a third officer was grazed by a bullet while the fourth escaped, Queensland Police Commissioner Katarina Carroll said. She said it was a miracle that two officers had survived and that one was able to raise the alarm.
Ian Leavers, the president of the Queensland Police Union, said the officers walked into a hail of gunshots.He said that as one officer took cover in long grass, the offenders lit a fire to try and coax her out. Just after 10:30 p.m., two men and a woman were killed in second major confrontation with police, bringing the violence to an end, police said. Carroll said all three of those killed were considered offenders."It is an unimaginable tragedy," Carroll said."This has been incredibly distressing and tragic for everyone, particularly family, officers involved, colleagues, the organization and the community.
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