‘They were at war’: Wieambilla ambush was an act of terrorism fuelled by religious ideology, inquest hears

The Train family believed they were fighting alongside Jesus' by shooting police, extremism expert testifies

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The trio responsible for the Wieambilla massacre believed they were fighting alongside Jesus" in a battle of good and evil by gunning down police and a neighbour in 2022, a coronial inquest has heard.

Deakin University associate professor Josh Roose testified on Tuesday that Stacey, Nathaniel and Gareth Train called their front gate the Rubicon", a reference to the river crossed by Julius Caesar and his army that precipitated Roman civil war.