Man shot dead on Logan Motorway by Queensland police linked to double murder 'terrorism event' - ABC News

A young man who was shot dead by police on the Logan Motorway yesterday has been "directly linked" to the double murder of an elderly couple, with officers describing the incident as a "terrorism event", Queensland police say.

The bodies of Maurice and Zoe Antill, both in their mid-80s, were found at a house in the southern Brisbane suburb of Parkinson yesterday afternoon.

Yesterday morning Raghe Mohamed Abdi, 22, was fatally shot by police on the Logan Motorway, not far from Parkinson, after allegedly threatening officers with a knife.

Queensland Police Deputy Commissioner Tracy Linford said further forensic examinations of the two scenes revealed they were connected.

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Queensland Police investigates home of elderly couple who died in Ulinga Crescent, Parkinson

"There was an item located with Mr Abdi that we believe came from the address of the deceased elderly couple and we are also looking into items of property that were located at their address that were believed maybe owned by Mr Abdi," she said.

"We are treating this matter as a terrorism event.

"Nothing else has been uncovered at this point in time that there are any other persons involved in the terrorism event."

A home in Parkinson, in Brisbane, where the bodies of elderly couple Maurice and Zoe Antill were found yesterday. A man shot by police yesterday on the Logan Motorway, Raghe Mohamed Abdi, has been linked to their deaths.(ABC News: Lily Nothling)

Mr Abdi had previously been investigated by a counter-terrorism taskforce and had allegedly cut off his GPS tracking device on Wednesday night.

Motive unclear

It is not yet know how Mr Abdi and and the Antills knew each other, if at all.

Police are door knocking the area today and have asked anybody who has family in the area to check in with them.

"And make sure they're OK," Deputy Commissioner Linford said.

Detectives declared a crime scene on Ulinga Crescent in Parkinson, Queensland where two elderly people died, December 18, 2020.(ABC News)

"A key focus is to understand what Mr Abdi's motivation is."

Residents in the tight-knit street said they were shocked by the deaths 

One neighbour told the ABC she had knocked on the couple's door yesterday when she heard their dog barking but no-one answered.

She said she was devastated and could not understand why anyone would want to hurt the couple.

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