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Shooting in Australian town leaves 3 dead and 1 wounded
Three people were killed and another injured after a shooting in the small New South Wales town of Lake Cargelligo.
2 min readJan 22, 2026 02:23 PM IST
First published on: Jan 22, 2026 at 02:23 PM IST
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Police and emergency services cordon off an area in Lake Cargelligo, New South Wales, following a fatal shooting that left three people dead. (AI generated) Three people were killed and another was wounded on Thursday in a shooting in a town in Australia’s New South Wales state, police said.
Emergency services were called to an address at Lake Cargelligo, a town of around 1,500 people, following reports of shooting, a police statement said.
Three people — two women and a man — were dead, and another man was taken to hospital in serious but stable condition, police said.The shooter or shooters appeared to be at large.
Police used geo-targeted text messages to urge the public to avoid the area and for local residents to stay inside and contacted.
Local resident Manisha, who did not want to give her family name, told Sydney’s The Daily Telegraph newspaper there were police cars and ambulances “all over town.”“The town is made of just two main streets. We can hear the sounds” of sirens, she told the newspaper.
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The shooting comes on a National Day of Mourning as Australia remembers the 15 people shot dead in Sydney at a Hannukah celebration on Dec. 14.
Authorities say the two alleged Sydney gunmen were inspired by the Islamic State group to carry out Australia’s worst mass shooting since 1996.
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