Police say the violence broke out at around 4.45pm local time on Monday when four officers arrived to investigate reports of a missing person at a remote property west of Brisbane, Queensland.
Three people have been killed by police at a property in rural Australia after a six-hour standoff that began with the"execution-style" shooting of two officers and a neighbour.
At least two men, said to be wearing camouflage, opened fire without warning on the police, Sky News Australia reported.The two officers, a man aged 29 and a woman aged 26, were shot dead in an execution-style shooting at point-blank range, Sky News Australia understands.Police said a bystander, possibly a neighbour, was also killed during the shooting at the property in the town of Wieambilla.
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