Queensland shooting: Three killed on remote Australian property

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A manhunt is under way in northern Australia after three people were killed and another critically injured in a shooting on a remote property. The shooting happened on Thursday morning local time on a cattle farm at Bogie in Queensland, authorities said. Queensland Police have locked down an area surrounding the property as they search for the “killer or killers”. The critically injured person – a man – had travelled “many, many kilometres” to raise the alarm, officers said. The man suffered a gunshot wound to his abdomen and was flown to a hospital in the city of Mackay to undergo emergency surgery. “At this stage, we are at very, very early stages of this investigation,” Supt Tom Armitt told the media.(BBC)…[+]