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Two police officers and a bystander died after they were fired upon at a remote property at Wieambilla, about three hours west of Brisbane, on Monday afternoon.
Police said they attended the property on Wains Road at 4pm and were forced to impose a vast exclusion zone as the deadly incident unfolded.
A manhunt for the offenders continued well into the night, as senior police and politicians conveyed the gravity of the situation to the public.
Police Commissioner Katarina Carroll and Police Minister Mark Ryan provided an update after two police officers and a bystander were shot and killed in an ambush at a remote property at Wieambilla.
It is believed three or four police initially attended the property, acting on a NSW report of a missing person, when they were fired upon. Sources likened the scene to an ambush.
Sky News is reporting that they were shot at point blank range:
Two police officers dead after Queensland shooting
Two police officers are dead and another is injured following an ambush at a remote property west of Brisbane.
