Queensland Police have said the December shooting that resulted in the deaths of two officers and an innocent neighbour was a Christian ‘terrorist attack’ influenced by ‘Premillennialism.’
Deputy Police Commissioner Tracy Linford said killers, Gareth, Nathaniel, and Stacy Train were motivated by ‘Christian extremist ideology’ when they ambushed Constable Rachel McCrow, Constable Matthew Arnold, and neighbour Alan Dare on December 12, 2022.
‘What we’ve been able to glean from that information is that the Train family members subscribed to what we would call a broad Christian fundamentalist belief system, known as Premillennialism,’ she said.
‘Whilst the behaviour was similar in some respect to sovereign citizens,...
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