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Monday, May 16

Wielding sword, high on ice, man begged police to shoot him - so they did

A man armed with a samurai sword begged officers to kill him before he was shot dead southwest of Brisbane, a Queensland coroner has been told.

'Gone ape': Coroner reports on death of man shot by police

A man who suffered a brain injury during a fight with his brother as a child was shot dead by police after threatening to kill his partner and burn down her house.

Hunter Nicol departs the Coroners Court after a pre-inquest conference into the 1973 Whiskey Au Go-Go nightclub fire deaths. (AAP Image/Albert Perez)

Whiskey Au Go Go fire produced billowing smoke like 'tyres burning'

A now-retired police officer pushed up to six people out a window as Brisbane’s Whiskey Au Go Go nightclub became consumed by a fire that killed 15 people in 1973.

Families hope Whiskey inquest will provide closure after 48 years

Families of 15 people killed in the Whiskey Au Go Go firebombing are hoping for answers as Queensland’s state coroner reopens the inquest into the deadly arson attack.

Cop-killer was asked to surrender 85 times during deadly siege, court told

A man who fatally shot a Queensland police officer was asked to surrender more than 80 times during a 20-hour siege that ended with his death.