Wieambilla shootings
| Wieambilla shootings | |
|---|---|
| Part of terrorism in Australia | |
Constable Matthew Arnold and Constable Rachel McCrow, the officers killed in the shootings | |
| Location | 251 Wains Road, Wieambilla, Queensland, Australia |
| Coordinates | 27°01′51″S 150°29′31″E / 27.030707°S 150.491924°E |
| Date | December 12, 2022 4:37 p.m. – 10:39 p.m. (AEST, UTC+10:00) |
| Target | Queensland Police officers |
Attack type | Ambush, mass shooting, shootout, triple-murder, arson |
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| Deaths | 6 (2 police officers, 1 civilian, and all 3 perpetrators) |
| Injured | 1 (police officer) |
| Victims | Constable Matthew Arnold Constable Rachel McCrow Alan Dare |
| Perpetrators | Nathaniel Train Gareth Train Stacey Train |
| Motive | Christian fundamentalism |
| Coroner | Terry Ryan |
The Wieambilla shootings was a religiously motivated terrorist attack in Australia on 12 December 2022. It involved the killings of two Queensland Police constables, Matthew Arnold and Rachel McCrow, and civilian Alan Dare, at a rural property in Wieambilla, a locality in Queensland. The property's three residents, brothers Gareth and Nathaniel Train, and Gareth's wife, Stacey Train, were subsequently shot and killed by police following a several hour-long standoff. The shootings were labelled as Australia's first fundamentalist Christian terrorist attack.