The Train family believed they were ‘fighting alongside Jesus’ by shooting police, extremism expert testifies
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The trio responsible for the Wieambilla massacre believed they were “fighting alongside Jesus” in a battle of good and evil by gunning down police and a neighbour in 2022, a coronial inquest has heard.
Deakin University associate professor Josh Roose testified on Tuesday that Stacey, Nathaniel and Gareth Train called their front gate “the Rubicon”, a reference to the river crossed by Julius Caesar and his army that precipitated Roman civil war.
Continue reading…The Train family believed they were ‘fighting alongside Jesus’ by shooting police, extremism expert testifiesFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastThe trio responsible for the Wieambilla massacre believed they were “fighting alongside Jesus” in a battle of good and evil by gunning down police and a neighbour in 2022, a coronial inquest has heard.Deakin University associate professor Josh Roose testified on Tuesday that Stacey, Nathaniel and Gareth Train called their front gate “the Rubicon”, a reference to the river crossed by Julius Caesar and his army that precipitated Roman civil war. Continue reading…