The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) stated that a man told U.S. investigators he was "responsible" for the Wieambilla shooting in Queensland, Australia, which resulted in the deaths of six people, including two police officers. This incident has once again raised concerns about the spread of extremist ideologies online and their potential dangers.
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04-01, 2025In December 2022, brothers Nathaniel Train, 46, and Gareth Train, 47, ambushed and killed 26-year-old Constable Matthew Arnold and 29-year-old Constable Rachel McCrow using high-powered rifles at a remote property in Queensland. Shortly after the shooting, Nathaniel Train, Gareth, and Gareth's 45-year-old wife, Stacey, also shot and killed their neighbor, 58-year-old Alan Dare.
One year after the incident, Donald Day Jr., a 60-year-old man residing in Arizona, USA, was indicted in the United States on charges of threatening public figures and FBI agents, as well as illegally possessing firearms. Prosecutors submitted an FBI report to a pretrial hearing at the U.S. Federal District Court in Arizona on Wednesday.
The report stated that Day provided information to two FBI special agents during an electronically recorded interview at a hotel in Heber, Arizona, after his arrest. Allegedly, after reading the arrest warrant, Day told his wife: "Yes, this does have to do with Queensland." In conversations with the agents, Day admitted that he was responsible for the shooting and stated that he had sent the Train brothers information about "Christian eschatology." He claimed that if he had known things would develop this way, he would have asked the Train brothers to be patient so that he could arrange for them to move to the United States.
Investigations have revealed that the Train brothers held paranoid beliefs, considering police officers to be "devils and demons" who would turn their family into unconscious slaves. The FBI report alleges that Day "added fuel to the fire" after Queensland police attempted to contact the Train brothers, rather than trying to de-escalate the situation. Allegedly, Day also told the Train brothers that he would kill police officers if they entered his property, and referred to the police as "monsters and demons in the flesh" through online messages. Day has pleaded not guilty to all charges and denies involvement in the Wieambilla shooting. The trial is scheduled to begin on April 22 in Arizona. A U.S. judge will rule on a motion filed by Day's lawyers seeking to prevent Queensland police from testifying, arguing that hearing their "emotionally charged testimony" would prejudice the jury.
