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

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A 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.