Wieambilla inquest: Chilling threat to police just hours before doomsday cult trio gunned down two constables
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NSW Police saw chilling threats from one of the men who went on to fatally shoot two Queensland officers at least five hours before the killings, a coroner has heard.
State Coroner Terry Ryan, who is investigating the fatal shooting of six people at a rural Queensland property on December 12, 2022, on Monday heard evidence for the first time from NSW Police officers.
Mr Ryan heard Gareth Train, 47, emailed his brother Nathaniel, 46, claiming NSW Police wanted to ‘see you dead’ and told others he would ‘greet them as they deserve’ if officers arrived at his doorstep.
NSW Police was forwarded the emails the day they were sent, on December 11, 2022 and were read and reviewed by an officer before 11am the next day.
About 5.30pm NSW time on December 12, Queensland Constables Matthew Arnold, 26, and Rachel McCrow, 29, were shot dead by the brothers at Wieambilla, west of Brisbane, while attempting to locate Nathaniel Train.
NSW Police Sergeant Simon Thorpe testified in Brisbane Coroners Court on Monday he spoke to a close associate of Nathaniel Train at a regional NSW police station on November 23, 2022, about the procedure for reporting him missing.
Sgt Thorpe said he entered details about Gareth Train’s emails into the police’s information system on the morning of December 12 but did not realise they contained references to a confrontation with police in coming days.
‘They will attempt to see you dead by Saturnalia,’ Gareth Train told his brother in the email, referring to the ancient Roman festival held on December 17, which is linked to both celebration and symbols of human sacrifices.
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