SYDNEY, Aug. 4 (Xinhua) -- Police in the Australian state of Queensland said on Thursday that three people had died following a gun shooting on a rural property.
On Thursday at 9:00 a.m. local time, police were called to the scene in Bogie, a small town in the state's northeast, responding to reports of multiple people being shot.
"We are actively searching the area and commencing our investigations into what the circumstances were and how it came to be that these people had been shot," acting superintendent of Queensland police Tom Armitt said to local media.
"At this stage, we are at very, very early stages of this investigation. We do not know who is responsible."
Three people were found dead and a fourth was flown to the hospital in critical condition.
Upon surveying the surrounding area police deemed the area safe. Investigations into the circumstances surrounding the incident are ongoing. ■