Australian gunfight kills six

A six-hour siege at a remote property in Queensland ended with two police officers, a member of the public and three offenders dead


Police searching for missing former primary school principal Nathaniel Train (right), approach property


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1. Young constables Rachel McCrow and Matthew Arnold shot dead by armed assailants. Two other officers escape

2. Neighbour Alan Dare shot and killed as he approaches house

Police cordon

3. After six-hour stand-off, specialist police officers return fire, killing Nathaniel, his brother Gareth Train, and sister-in-law Stacey Train


Chinchilla
Wieambilla
Condamine State Forest
Montrose 
Tara police station
10km 6 miles


Cairns
QLD
AUSTRALIA
Wieambilla
Brisbane
NSW     
Sydney
Canberra
Melbourne
500km 310 miles


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