Australia shooting: New South Wales town in lockdown after three people shot dead
Three people were shot dead in New South Wales town of Eastern Australia. Scroll down to know more.
Australia shooting: In a shocking incident from Eastern Australia, three people were shot dead in New South Wales town which has forced the town to go into lockdown. As per a report carried by BBC, local police are now investigating the reported shooting which took place in Lake Cargelligo at about 16:40 local time (05:40 GMT). Also, police have told the public to avoid the area and that local residents should stay inside. Here are all the details you need to know about firing incident in New South Wales town of Australia.
What has the NSW Police Force said on the shooting incident?
Notably, local reports say that the gunman is still at large. As per a report by the Xinhua News Agency, the NSW Police Force said in a statement that emergency services were called to reports of a shooting in the small town of Lake Cargelligo, 450 km west of Sydney, around 4:40 pm local time on Thursday.
Police confirmed that three people, two women and a man, had died. A second man has been taken to hospital in a serious but stable condition. A crime scene has been established and police have urged members of the public to avoid the area and local residents to stay indoors, a report by IANS news agency said.
On January 18, police in Australia’s state of New South Wales (NSW) said that a man had been seriously injured after he was shot during a public place shooting in Sydney’s west overnight.
Who were behind the New South Wales town shooting activity?
Police said that emergency services were called to a home in Lalor Park, a suburb of Sydney, at about 11.35 pm local time on Saturday, following reports of a public place shooting. Officers were told unknown people had fired multiple gunshots into a home, hitting one resident before leaving the scene in a vehicle.
The resident, a 46-year-old man, was treated by NSW Ambulance paramedics for a gunshot injury before being taken to the hospital in a stable condition. On January 8, Australia’s Prime Minister Anthony Albanese called a royal commission into antisemitism and social cohesion in Australia in the wake of the terror attack at Sydney’s Bondi Beach.
Albanese announced at a press conference in Canberra that his government will establish a royal commission, the highest form of inquiry in Australia, which will be led by former High Court justice Virginia Bell and deliver a report by mid-December.
(With inputs from agencies)
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