The father of two men who shot dead two police officers and an innocent bystander in a brutal ambush on Monday afternoon has spoken out following the horrific ordeal.
Ronald Train, the father of Gareth and Nathaniel Train, was stern with waiting reporters as he returned to his South Toowoomba home in south Queensland’s Darling Downs region on Tuesday. Courier mail reported
“I will not share anything with you, you can speculate and compensate as much as you want. I have lost two children,” she said.
“I’ve already had conversations with the police.”
Ronald, according to the publication, is a retired pastor with 27 years of experience in Christian ministry. He also wrote four books on Christian theology.
Gareth, his wife Stacey and brother Nathaniel died in a shootout with special operations officers following the brutal murders of two police officers and a neighbour.
Constable Rachel McCrow and Constable Matthew Arnold were gunned down while conducting a routine missing persons investigation at 251 Wains Rd, Wieambilla in Queensland’s Darling Downs region on Monday afternoon.
An innocent neighbour, Alan Dare, was also executed in the attack, and Queensland Police Commissioner Katarina Carroll confirmed that “a lot of ammunition and weaponry” had been found at the address.
According to property records, Stacey Jane Train and Gareth Daniel Train purchased the secluded, sprawling 43.51 Ha property in February 2015 for $95,000.
Police had arrived at the Queensland property on Monday afternoon amid concerns for the welfare of Nathaniel Train.
He was last seen in Dubbo in NSW on 16 December 2021, however, he remained in contact with his family until Sunday 9 October 2022.
Nathaniel Train was a former school principal who officially left the NSW education department in March this year, despite not having worked at a state school since August of 2021.
Prior to that time, he worked as a headteacher at a number of schools including Yorkeys Knob State School, Walgett Community College Primary School and Innisfail East State School.
Meanwhile, Stacey Jane Train was listed as Head of Curriculum at nearby Tara Shire State College in 2019 and was also the representative for the Western Downs branch of the Queensland Teachers’ Union.
Police shooter exposed as conspiracy theorist
Gareth, who was killed along with his brother and partner following the brutal murders of two police officers and a neighbor, has been exposed as a conspiracy theorist online who hated police and believed the Port Arthur massacre was a “false flag operation”.
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Train was a well-known conspiracy theorist who regularly posted about his extreme views online.
A partner said the guardian his descent into the world of conspiracy theories had been relatively recent, with Mr Train claiming the 1996 Port Arthur massacre was a false flag operation to “disarm the Australian population” and repeatedly claiming that the government was running “re-education camps”.
“The re-education camps are located at the end of the line. Surveillance of the rail system will ensure that there is no escape. Dissidents will find themselves taking the long black train,” he oddly posted under a 2021 article about QLD Rail’s surveillance capabilities, adding “beware the boogie monster.”
He also expressed his dislike of the authorities, including Queensland’s Special Emergency Response Team, and appeared to support the doomsday preparedness movement.
In a haunting post about citizen-initiated referendums, Train gave a chilling hint at the horror to come, writing about citizens’ rights and their hatred of authorities.
“I’ve told law enforcement to leave my premises for the last 20 years, for no reason or reason, and sometimes I’ve also asked them to put their hands on their guns or pull out their guns and whistle Dixie “, he wrote.
“Fortunately for me they have all been cowards.
“Our country is at a point where even cowards are now dangerous because they are unpredictable in groups, turn your back and you may find yourself out cold on the ground with law enforcement dancing on your head. We’re seeing it in Victoria.”
In a comment posted on the alternative news site Michael Smith News in 2020, Train also shared his strange beliefs about the Port Arthur shooting.
“Everyone forgot that we are all pawns (military or civilian) all expendable in the governments (sic) games. Someone has been paying attention or care. Remember the people of 1996. Anyone who wasn’t brain dead and saw the media coverage live at the time (1996 Port Arthur MSM) and was aware of the political deception it caused, he knows it was a government psychological operation to disarm the Australian people,” he wrote.
“Martin was the perfect madman. The Australian government is guilty of mass murder, not the first time and it won’t be the last. Joint operation CIA, MI6, Mossad, ASIO and the Australian SASR.”
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