on him, saying some of his prior policies are fuelling this type of hatred that s happening in the state. we also know the shooter has been baker acted before, which in the us, that means someone who s gone through a mental illness and someone has called to have him taken to a mental health facility. but at this point, we do not think the shooter illegally owned the guns. he was legally in his right to own those guns. let s return to that breaking news, us officials say three marines have been killed in a military aircraft crash in northern australia. our reporter ellyn duncan is in the newsroom with more details. ellyn, what do we know at this stage? this is a developing story but i can take you through some of what we do know so far. us officials have confirmed 23 marines were on board the aircraft when it crashed. they have also confirmed three marines have also confirmed three marines have been killed. we know that five others have been transferred to darwin, royal darwin hospital,
treatment. earlierwe darwin, royal darwin hospital, for treatment. earlier we heard from the northern territory chief minister who confirmed that one of those at the time she was speaking, one of those was in theatre b being operated on and three others were being treated but she did say we expect to see two others coming to that hospital. a local outlet is also reporting that royal darwin hospital is at a code brown, in australian terms that s the highest level of emergency response for a hospital. police say the crash took place at 9am around melville island, which is an island off the coast of northern territory in australia. around 60 kilometres north of darwin. it was taking part in an exercise hold exercise predators run 2023, the largest australian army led exercise that s been held in the northern territory this year. we know that a total of these exercises, around 2500 military
been killed in a military aircraft crash in northern australia. 23 people were on board osprey military craft, which was taking part in exercises near the remote melville island, off the coast of darwin, in the northern territory. five marines have been transported to darwin in a serious condition. australian prime minister anthony albanese gave this update, a little earlier. the initial reports suggest that the incident involves just us defence force personnel, that there are no members of the australian defence force involved in this incident. our focus as a government and as a department of defence is very much on incident response and on making sure that every support and assistance is given at this difficult time. that was the australian prime minister on that military crashed, killing three us marines. we ll have more on this story as we get it. here in the uk, nadine dorries, the conservative mp and former minister, has resigned as a member of parliament with a scathing attack