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Wieambilla killers ‘rocked’ police vehicle with bullets in response to surrender pleas, inquest hears



The Trains used high-calibre guns to engage in firefight as police tried to negotiate, responder tells coronerFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastA family of killers were “robotic” in response to efforts to get them to surrender, continuing to fire at police vehicles, an inquest into the Wieambilla massacre has heard.Sert operative 114, a team leader of the police Special Emergency Response Team (Sert), described how an armoured BearCat vehicle was “rocked” as a volley of accurate gunfire hit the windscreen, which was bullet resistant but not bulletproof. Continue reading…



Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/article/2024/aug/08/wiembilla-police-shooting-massacre-train-family-inquest-ntwnfb

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Publish date : 2024-08-08 05:21:50

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