Radicalised killers used military-style defences to force police retreat during Wieambilla siege
by Ben Smee and Andrew Messenger from World news | The Guardian on (#6PRQJ)
Train family laid series of tactically sound' obstacles to gain advantage in shootout, coronial inquest hears
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A heavily armoured police BearCat vehicle was twice forced to retreat from gunfire during the siege at Wieambilla, as it encountered a series of military-style obstacles and defences set up by the radicalised killers.
A coronial inquest on Tuesday was told how tactical police from the Queensland Special Emergency Response Team (Sert) surrounded the remote property at 251 Wains Road on 12 December 2022 and eventually killed Gareth, Stacey and Nathaniel Train.
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