The incident took place late Tuesday at Home Hill, a rural town south of Townsville in far north Queensland, Deputy Commissioner Steve Gollschewski told reporters in Brisbane. Gollschewski said officers were called to the hostel at about 11.15pm and found the 21-year-old woman dead and a 30-year-old man in a critical condition. A local man was also injured in the attack but has since been released from hospital, he added. He was lawfully in Australia and at this stage he is not known to any authorities." Authorities have conducted a series of counter-terrorism raids in various cities, while the government has passed new national security laws.

Source: The Local August 24, 2016 02:48 UTC