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Article: Qld: Missing rifle found on Palm Island
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- AAP General News (Australia)
- Article date:
- February 8, 2005
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AAP General News (Australia)
02-08-2005
Qld: Missing rifle found on Palm Island
PALM ISLAND, Qld, Feb 8 AAP - A rifle that went missing during last year's riots on
Palm Island has been found, Queensland police said today.
A police spokesman today said the high-powered, semi-automatic rifle was discovered
in the burnt-out remains of the police barracks on the north Queensland island.
It was believed a police officer hid the gun while taking shelter at the height of
the riot in November.
"It never left the island and was never used in any crimes," the spokesman said.
Police officers were forced to flee the Aboriginal settlement on November 26 after
300 locals burnt down the police ...
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