Police officers killed in rural Queensland ambush identified as details emerge of 'cold blood execution'

Police have shot dead three people after a siege at a remote property on Queensland's Darling Downs following an ambush in which two police officers and a member of the public were also killed.

O Μάθιου Άρνολντ (αριστερά) και Ρέιτσελ ΜακΚρόου, οι οποίοι σκοτώθηκαν σε ενέδρα σε απομακρυσμένη ιδιοκτησία του Κουίνσλαντ Credit: QUEENSLAND POLICE/PR IMAGE/AAP Image

The final moments of two young police constables killed in an ambush at a remote Queensland property have been described as execution "in cold blood".

Police shot dead three people following a siege on Queensland's Darling Downs on Monday night, after the two officers and a neighbour were gunned down.

Constables Matthew Arnold, 26, and Rachel McCrow, 29, were responding to a call for a missing person when confronted by a "hail of gunshots" after jumping a fence, Queensland Police Union president Ian Leavers told ABC Radio National on Tuesday.

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