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Australian Minister Urges Caution in Speculating on Police Killers’ Motives

December 15, 2022
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Australia’s Home Affairs Minister Clare O’Neill is calling for caution around speculation related to the motives of three individuals who ambushed and killed two young police officers amid ongoing conjecture that the trio were engaged in online radicalisation. On Dec. 12, six individuals were killed in an incident that Queensland Police Commissioner Katarina Carroll has called…

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

December 14, 2022
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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,…

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Australian Authorities to Investigate Police Killers Motives

December 13, 2022
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Queensland Police will investigate the motives behind three individuals who ambushed, shot, and killed two officers investigating a routine missing person report on Dec. 12. Six individuals in total were killed in the incident that Commissioner Katarina Carroll has called “the largest loss of police life” the state force has suffered in years. In the…

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