US religious conspiracist linked to Queensland police killers Gareth and Stacey Train
Source: The Guardian
US religious conspiracist linked to Queensland police killers Gareth and Stacey Train
Australian couple behind Wieambilla attack were in regular contact with man with a similar fundamentalist theology
Michael McGowan and Eden Gillespie
Fri 16 Dec 2022 08.09 GMT
Last modified on Fri 16 Dec 2022 08.10 GMT
In the hours after Gareth Train and his wife, Stacey, murdered two police officers and wounded a third during a chilling, premeditated attack on their remote Queensland property this week, they posted a haunting video to YouTube.
“They came to kill us, and we killed them,” Gareth says, his face partly obscured in darkness.
“If you don’t defend yourself against these devils and demons, you’re a coward.”
Unlike the litany of would-be manifestos posted by extremist mass shooters, though, the video did not seem intended for a wider audience. Instead, the Trains, who police say carried out the shooting on Monday night along with Gareth’s brother, Nathaniel, appeared to be speaking to an audience of one.
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Although both said they had never met in person, Gareth Train and “Don” repeatedly refer to one another as “brothers” in online posts seen by the Guardian. Videos and posts made by the men betray similar preoccupations: an apparent hatred of police, fundamentalist Christian ideology, and a loose connection to beliefs linked to the so-called sovereign citizen conspiracy movement.
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Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2022/dec/16/us-religious-conspiracist-linked-to-queensland-police-killers-gareth-and-stacey-train
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