Tag: australian police

Bodies Found in Two Burnt-Out Cars Prompt Police Probe

Human remains found inside two burnt-out cars in Sydney’s west and south overnight are being treated as suspicious deaths. A body slumped in the driver’s seat of a partially burnt-out Ford Fiesta was discovered just after 2.15 a.m. on Tuesday. Police were called to North Parramatta and found the vehicle alight. After extinguishing the blaze, firefighters…


Queensland Courthouse Locked Down Amid Shooting Protest

Hundreds of protesters have converged on Brisbane’s District and Supreme Court building days after police fatally shot an Aboriginal man in far north Queensland. The court building was briefly placed into lockdown after about 200 people marched through the Brisbane CBD chanting “Justice for Aubrey”. Aubrey Donahue, 27, died after being shot four times by…


Qld Police Shoot Man After Officer Slashed

A neighbour armed with a serrated knife has slashed a police officer across the face before being shot in the inner Brisbane suburb of Kangaroo Point. The incident unfolded as police tried to serve a warrant on a man at a unit complex in Riverview Terrace at about 11.30 a.m. on Wednesday. The man initially…


Queensland Man Dies After Leg Sawn Off in Park

A man has been charged with murder after allegedly sawing off another man’s leg in a far north Queensland park as part of an “arrangement”. A 66-year-old man died soon after he was discovered by passers-by at Innisfail’s Fitzgerald Park early on Saturday morning. Police believe he succumbed to his wounds after his leg was…


‘Unprecedented’ Police Operation Underway in Sydney to Enforce COVID Restrictions

New South Wales (NSW) Police have issued nearly 600 infringement notices, or fines, on individuals found breaching public health orders on the first day of a three-week crackdown on COVID-19 non-compliance. Deputy Police Commissioner Mal Lanyon said it was “disappointing” that there were issues with compliance even after Australia’s most populous state recorded 452 new…


‘It Is Indoctrination’: State Minister on Kids Creating Anti-Police and BLM Posters

New South Wales ministers are calling for the sacking of an Australian primary school teacher after anti-police and Black Lives Matter posters, which were created by the students, were found displayed around the classroom. The Daily Telegraph reported that Year 5 and 6 students at Lindfield Learning Village in Sydney made placards which said “Stop killer…