Queensland state Police Commissioner pays tribute to officers who 'paid the ultimate sacrifice'

Evening Standard
1 年前
Two police officers and a member of the public have been killed in eastern Australia, with the gunmen still on the run.Queensland Police were called to a house in rural Wieambilla, around 270km (168 miles) west of Brisbane, at 4.45pm local time on Monday.The state force’s commissioner Katarina Carroll said: “We are an organisation in mourning tonight.”She told the media that four officers attended the property in response to a missing person call. Two were shot dead at the scene and a third was taken to hospital with a “bullet graze,” while the fourth police officer managed to escape but needed treatment.