Man fighting for life after being shot by police outside Queensland hospital

Police allege officers were threatened by man with a knife at Kingaroy hospital before Friday night's shooting

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A man shot by police outside a Queensland hospital after allegedly confronting them with a knife is in a critical condition.

At about 7.30pm on Friday, five officers attended a call at the Kingaroy hospital, where they were allegedly threatened by a man with a knife, police said.

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