Investigators within the US and Australia say the 58-year-old incited ‘terror attack’ through which six folks died final 12 months.
An American citizen has been arrested and charged within the US state of Arizona for on-line feedback that allegedly incited a “religiously motivated terrorist attack” in Australia a 12 months in the past through which six folks died.
Police within the state of Queensland, Australia, confirmed on Wednesday that the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) arrested a 58-year-old close to Heber-Overgaard, Arizona on December 1. They didn’t disclose his identify.
The assault befell at a distant property in Wieambilla, Queensland, on December 12, 2022, when two law enforcement officials and a bystander had been fatally shot by Gareth Train, his brother Nathaniel and Nathaniel’s spouse Stacey in an ambush on the Trains’ property, based on investigators.
Four officers had arrived on the property to research stories of a lacking individual. They walked right into a hail of gunfire, police stated on the time. Two officers managed to flee and lift the alarm.
The Trains engaged in an hours-long gun battle with the police earlier than they had been ultimately shot lifeless.
“We know the offenders executed a religiously motivated terrorist attack in Queensland. They were motivated by a Christian extremist ideology,” Queensland police assistant commissioner Cheryl Scanlon advised reporters.
The FBI continues to be investigating the American’s alleged motive.
Gareth Train started following the suspect on YouTube in May 2020. A 12 months later, they had been speaking immediately, based on investigators.
“The man repeatedly sent messages containing Christian end-of-days ideology to Gareth and then later to Stacey,” Scanlon stated.
A consultant of the FBI in Australia, Nitiana Mann, stated the arrest was the results of a joint investigation between the 2 nations.
“The FBI has a long memory and an even longer reach. From Queensland, Australia, to the remote corners of Arizona,” Mann stated.
Investigators in each nations “worked jointly and endlessly to bring this man to justice, and he will face the crimes he is alleged to have perpetrated”, she added.
Gun crimes are uncommon in Australia as a result of the nation has a few of the world’s most stringent gun legal guidelines, following a capturing in April 1996 when a gunman killed 35 folks at a restaurant and vacationer website within the island state of Tasmania.
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