Shooting

2022 - 12 - 16

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Queensland shooting: Gareth and Stacey Train published YouTube ... (The Guardian)

Couple at Wieambilla, shrouded in darkness, tell camera that they were defending themselves against 'devils and demons'

“It’s like a Lego set of conspiracy narratives. eat shit and die.” To have me and my wife murdered during a state police ‘welfare check’? You attempt to intimidate and target us with your Raytheon Learjets and planes. The third shooter, Gareth’s brother Nathaniel Train, does not appear in the footage. “You attempt to abduct us using contractors.

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'Devils and demons': Wieambilla shooters film video after killing police (Brisbane Times)

The couple at the centre of the shooting in regional Queensland had posted videos on the night of and in the weeks leading up to their fatal confrontation ...

[Matt Dennien](/by/matt-dennien-p4yvo3)is a state political reporter with Brisbane Times, where he has previously covered Brisbane City Council and general news.Connect via A video posted by one earlier on Monday was titled “Prepare for battle and be strangers on earth”. One of the YouTube accounts features the name Daniel, which was Gareth’s middle name. [only recently part of](https://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/link/follow-20170101-p5c5vz) — referenced in the new videos —before disappearing and resurfacing at the property. [Four officers had been sent to the property](/link/follow-20170101-p5c5z8) about 4.30pm in response to a NSW police [missing person report for Nathaniel](/link/follow-20170101-p5c6ey), in what police described as a welfare check. The couple at the centre of the Wieambilla shooting had posted videos online in the weeks leading up to, and night of, the fatal confrontation with police on their regional Queensland property, in which they claimed to have killed the “devils” and “demons”.

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Extremist views of Gareth, Stacey and Nathaniel Train exposed in ... (ABC News)

Haunting vision from Gareth and Stacey Train which appears to be filmed on the night of the police shooting reveals the extent of their extremist views.

It is unclear when it was exactly recorded. In the wake of the brutal killings, attention has turned to how the Trains so quickly became killers, and the influence of online extremism. The ABC has retrieved an archive of videos from both YouTube and another video platform that is popular among far-right and fringe communities, which appeared to belong to Gareth and Stacey Train. Stacey is next to her husband Gareth in the vision and says, "we will see you when we get home". Haunting vision from Gareth and Stacey Train which appears to be filmed on the night of the police shooting has revealed the extent of their extremist views. In the video uploaded to YouTube, the violent extremists say "devils and demons" came on to their property.

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Wieambilla shooting: Stacey Train had limited contact with family ... (The Guardian)

It was there she met Nathaniel Train, who she married. Some time later she left him for Gareth.

According to a relative, the family is no closer to understanding how their quiet girl became involved in multiple murders. [Gareth and Nathaniel Train had also become estranged from their father, a conservative Christian pastor](https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2022/dec/14/god-and-guns-the-strict-religious-upbringing-of-the-wieambilla-shooters), after the breakdown of Nathaniel’s marriage to Stacey. Some time later she left him for Gareth. [told the ABC](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-12-15/qld-police-shooting-offenders-nathaniel-gareth-stacey-train/101766720) that Gareth “was a control freak” and that Stacey “could never say anything”, while another said she once saw him assault his wife by dragging her by the hair up a set of stairs. On Thursday it emerged that the trio had rigged up a “sophisticated surveillance system” at their remote property to help them “take police out”, according to the [were killed in a firefight](https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2022/dec/13/queensland-wieambilla-shooting-timeline-what-we-know-so-far-nathaniel-and-gareth-train-six-killed-qld-police-officers-rachel-mccrow-matthew-arnold) with police on Monday, alongside his brother Nathaniel – [who was also Stacey’s first husband](https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2022/dec/14/queensland-shooting-stacey-train-left-first-husband-nathaniel-for-brother-gareth-wieambilla) – after they shot and killed two officers and a neighbour.

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Queensland shooters posted disturbing video hours after ambush (9News)

The shooters who ambushed and executed two police officers posted a video online on the night of the confr...

[whether the officers were intentionally lured](https://www.9news.com.au/national/wieambilla-ambush-police-investigate-potential-lure-by-shooters/1632464b-7077-4504-839e-0622d5a7a872)to the property based on the information they were given. [9news.com.au](http://9news.com.au/)has chosen not to air the video in full. [Gareth Train's links to online conspiracy websites have also emerged](https://www.9news.com.au/national/wieambilla-shooting-police-killer-gareth-train-links-to-conspiracy-theories-websites/0252269a-22a6-4c6e-ac12-d1deebc58112), including posts suggesting the Port Arthur massacre was a "false flag" operation. [ambushed and executed two police officers](https://www.9news.com.au/national/wieambilla-emergency-situation-queensland-police-incident-property/21fc6cc0-b8b4-457f-8455-da113a7c1683)and a neighbour posted a video online on the night of the confrontation at their regional [Queensland](https://www.9news.com.au/queensland)property. We killed them," Gareth Train says in the video. The footage appears to show Gareth and Stacey Train shrouded in darkness on the night of Monday's shooting.

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Shots going off 'every five seconds': Helicopter audio of Wieambilla ... (Brisbane Times)

“To SERT: female down, female down,” PolAir helicoper pilots can be heard saying to officers on the ground in an audio recording. As tactical police moved ...

Number 1 and female are down.” Number 1 and female are down. “Still movement from POI 2, still movement ... Number 1 no movement. no movement from number 1. “Still have movement from number 2.

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'We killed them': Queensland shooters posted video online after attack (Crikey)

Stacey and Gareth Train, the couple behind the Wiembella shooting in Queensland, posted a video on YouTube admitting to the attack.

It then goes on to make a claim that Nathaniel was a whistleblower for “high-level corruption” in the NSW Department of Education and NSW Police. It also appears Gareth published his videos to an account on Rumble, a YouTube alternative [that’s populated with hate speech and conspiracy theories](https://www.crikey.com.au/2022/08/29/andrew-tate-rumble-video-app/). A YouTube channel “Mrs Yugi Girawil” had only six subscribers, 10 videos and fewer than 100 views on the majority of their videos as of last night. The video was published at 7.39pm on Monday, several hours after four visiting police officers and a neighbour were reportedly fired on but prior to media reports with those details. “After dealing with covert agents and tactics for sometime now, Daniel believes that should they choose to cross the rubicon with public state actors our Father is giving us a clear sign. The note lamented an estrangement from her two children. The account commented on its own video on Monday hinting at violence. The passage speaks about impending war, sinners being punished and Judgment Day. A video posted on Sunday uses a picture of Nathaniel accompanied by a male voice reading out the report. Nathaniel Train does not appear in the videos. Two police officers and a neighbour were killed after an ambush. Police then fatally shot the trio after a six-hour stand-off.

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Law reform in focus after police shooting (South Coast Register)

The federal government is expected to consider law reforms to stop violent extremism at the source following the...

"The parallel obviously is with young people who are being indoctrinated online ... He said federal national security and police agencies were ready to assist with all investigations on the matter. "Right now, three families are grieving and the Queensland Police are conducting an investigation into these horrific murders," he told reporters in Canberra. He said national security agencies were being challenged by the increasing pathways to radicalisation made possible by "online echo chambers" and the federal government was prioritising cyber-security strategies and counter-terrorism law reform. "There are some sick individuals out there and the internet's made it possible for them to spread their lies and their hatred, and so it is difficult for authorities to pick that up," Mr Dutton told Nine Radio. The federal government is expected to consider law reforms to stop violent extremism at the source following the fatal shooting of two police officers and a civilian on a property in rural Queensland.

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