(UDHAYAM, COLOMBO) – A man who killed a policeman before holding authorities at bay for 18 hours has been shot dead in Australia.
On Monday, Rick Maddison fatally shot Senior Constable Brett Forte after the police officer intercepted his car in Queensland.
He fled to a nearby farmhouse and spent the night in a stand-off with police.
Maddison was killed by authorities after fleeing the house and firing on police, Queensland Police Assistant Commissioner Tony Wright said.
“He has been challenged by police at that point in time – he has fired at those police,” he told reporters on Tuesday.
“Specialist police have returned fire. The male person has been shot and that male person has been declared deceased at the scene.”
Mr Forte was killed after intercepting Maddison, who police had described as a “wanted person”, about 14:20 local time (04:20 GMT) on Monday.
