Man shot dead on Logan Motorway by Queensland police linked to double murder terrorism event
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DecDecember 2020 at 1:50pm
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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.
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treating the murder of an elderly couple in their Brisbane home as a
terrorism incident.
investigated by counter-terrorism police, after he was shot dead in a
confrontation with officers on a Brisbane highway Thursday morning.
The 22-year-old was shot after he threatened officers with a knife, police
said.
welfare check and discovered the bodies of an 87-year-old man and 86-year-old
woman.
shooting yesterday, has uncovered for us what we believe to be a direct link
between the two matters,” Queensland Police Deputy Commissioner Tracy Linford
said in a press conference Friday.
An item allegedly discovered on Abdi was believed to be taken from the
Australian couple killed in terrorism incident by known extremist
Man threatened police with a knife before he was shot dead on a highway on the outskirts of Brisbane
18 December 2020 • 2:48am
Australian detectives suspect the deaths of an elderly couple in their Brisbane home is a terrorism incident perpetrated by a knife-wielding man who was shot dead by police, officials said on Friday.
Raghe Abdi, 22, threatened police with a knife before he was shot dead on a highway on the outskirts of Brisbane on Thursday morning, officers said.
The bodies of an 87-year-old man and an 86-year-old woman were found in their home later on Thursday near where Abdi died, Queensland state Police Deputy Commissioner Tracy Linford said.