Man shot dead on Logan Motorway by Queensland police linked to double murder terrorism event
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A young man who was shot dead by police on the Logan Motorway on Thursday has been directly linked to the double murder of an elderly couple, with officers describing the incident as a terrorism event , Queensland police say.
His father said Mr Abdi, who had been previously investigated by counter-terrorism police, was experiencing a mental health crisis and was feeling harassed .
âCanât think of anything more tragicâ: Top cop on murdered Brisbane couple
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Queenslandâs top cop âcanât think of anything more tragicâ than elderly couple Maurice and Zoe Antill being killed in their Brisbane home, with police declaring the murders an act of terrorism.
Police Commissioner Katarina Carroll said the âmain person of interestâ over the killings was Raghe Abdi, 22, who was shot dead by officers on the Logan Motorway and who police said was âinfluenced by Islamic Stateâ.
Man shot dead on highway a âlone wolf terroristâ: Cops Police are now treating the actions of Raghe Abdi, the man shot dead on the Logan Motorway and linked to the murder of an elderly couple, as acts of terrorism.
Crime by Thomas Chamberlin, Kate Kyriacou 18th Dec 2020 10:08 AM
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Subscriber only Deputy Commissioner Tracy Linford today said police were now treating Raghe Abdi s actions as an act of terrorism. Abdi was shot dead by police on the Logan Motorway at Drewvale on Thursday morning after he reportedly lunged at officers with a knife while yelling Allahu Akbar . Ms Linford said police believed there was a direct link between murdered elderly couple, Maurice and Zoe Antill, and Abdi.
Man shot dead on highway a âlone wolf terroristâ: Cops Police are now treating the actions of Raghe Abdi, the man shot dead on the Logan Motorway and linked to the murder of an elderly couple, as acts of terrorism.
Crime by Thomas Chamberlin, Kate Kyriacou 18th Dec 2020 10:08 AM
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Subscriber only Deputy Commissioner Tracy Linford today said police were now treating Raghe Abdi s actions as an act of terrorism. Abdi was shot dead by police on the Logan Motorway at Drewvale on Thursday morning after he reportedly lunged at officers with a knife while yelling Allahu Akbar . Ms Linford said police believed there was a direct link between murdered elderly couple, Maurice and Zoe Antill, and Abdi.
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Premium Content Police were last night investigating whether a radicalised ISIS supporter murdered an elderly couple in their home before he was shot dead by police, shouting Allahu Akbar as he lunged at them with a knife. Former John Paul College student Raghe Abdi was shot multiple times early yesterday after police approached him following reports he was walking among traffic on the Logan Motorway. The shooting came three months after Abdi, 22, was released on bail under strict conditions following his arrest by counterterrorism police at Brisbane Airport. Abdi had a one-way ticket to Somalia, and investigators believed he was planning to fly there to fight for ISIS.