The Wieambilla shooting and the death of Elizabeth Struhs were the actions of separate groups with a common motivation
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In December 2021, two separate Queensland cults, obsessed with healthcare and motivated by religion, were anticipating of the end of the world.
In Wieambilla, former school principal Nathaniel Train would soon die alongside his brother and sister-in-law Gareth and Stacey in a shootout which would also claim the lives of two police officers and a civilian. They believed police were devils and demons and needed to be fought to bring about the second coming of Jesus Christ.
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