Melbourne, April 17 (IANS) Police in Australia’s Melbourne on Friday warned the public to be alert for suspicious activity following a string of arson attacks and a drive-by shooting targeting hospitality venues. The police force in the state of Victoria said in a statement that detectives from the arson and explosives squad are investigating potential links between and the motivation behind five arson attacks and a shooting at hospitality venues in metropolitan Melbourne since Tuesday.Two of th…
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Sydney, April 13 (IANS) Two people have died, and eight more have been hospitalised, including five with life-threatening injuries, after three major traffic collisions within 24 hours in the Australian state of Queensland.The Queensland Police Service (QPS) said in a statement that two people, who have not been identified, were killed when a vehicle lost control and crashed on a highway near the small town of Cryna, 60 km south of Brisbane, around 5:40 p.m. local time on Sunday.Earlier, emergen…
Sydney, Feb 5 (IANS) Police in the Australian state of New South Wales (NSW) have arrested a man after seizing firearms and a commercial quantity of illicit drugs during raids north of Sydney.The NSW Police Force said on Thursday that officers were notified on Tuesday morning of a single-vehicle crash in the suburb of San Remo, 80 km north of Sydney, where a man was seen running from the scene carrying a black bag.A subsequent search of the area by police located two black bags allegedly contain…
Sydney, Jan 21 (IANS) Two people were killed in a head-on collision between two vehicles in the Australian state of Queensland, police said.A statement from the Queensland Police Service (QPS) on Wednesday said that the two vehicles were traveling in opposite directions on a highway when they collided near the small town of Epsom, 790 km northwest of the state capital of Brisbane, around 10:10 p.m. local time on Tuesday.The sole occupants of both vehicles, a 49-year-old man and a 39-year-old wom…