18 Dec 2020
BRISBANE, Australia (AP) 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 Maurice Anthill, 87, and his 86-year-old wife Zoe Anthill were found in their home later Thursday near where Abdi died, Queensland state Police Deputy Commissioner Tracy Linford said.
Linfold declined to detail how they had died but homicide detectives had found evidence that Abdi had been in the house, she said.
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QPS Deputy Commissioner Tracy Linford and AFP Deputy Commissioner Ian McCartney address the media over the Drewvale shooting. Queensland Police Deputy Commissioner Tracy Linford said forensic examinations of the two scenes revealed they were connected. That link relates to the fact that there was an item located with Mr Abdi that we believe has come from the address of the deceased elderly couple, Deputy Commissioner Tracy Linford said. We are also looking In to items of property that were located at their address that we believe may have been owned by Mr Abdi. Abdi was known to counter-terrorism authorities and was arrested in May 2019 while trying to board a flight to Somalia with a one-way ticket.
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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 Maurice Anthill, 87, and his 86-year-old wife Zoe Anthill were found in their home later Thursday near where Abdi died, Queensland state Police Deputy Commissioner Tracy Linford said.
Linfold declined to detail how they had died but homicide detectives had found evidence that Abdi had been in the house, she said.
Australia describes couple s death as terrorism incident
Queensland police and forensics inspect a house that is the scene of double murder in Brisbane, Friday, Dec. 18, 2020. Australian detectives suspect the deaths of an elderly couple in their Brisbane home is a âterrorism incidentâ perpetrated by a knife-wielding man who was shot dead by police, officials said on Friday.(Danny Casey/AAP via AP) December 17, 2020 - 11:12 PM
BRISBANE, Australia - Australian detectives suspect the deaths of an elderly couple in their Brisbane home is a âterrorism incidentâ perpetrated by a knife-wielding man who was shot dead by police, officials said on Friday.