Tragedy
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Killer filmed rehearsing school attack day Lilie James was murdered
CCTV recorded Paul Thijssen going to the bathrooms next to the St Andrew’s Cathedral School gym and practising lunging through the doors of two of them.
- Jordan Baker
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‘Hard to comprehend’: Tributes flow for victims of WA triple-fatal crash
Three people in their 20s died when a Nissan Patrol veered off the road and crashed into a tree on Brookton Highway in Lesley, east of Armadale.
- Rebecca Peppiatt
A bright future, a dark heart: Lilie James inquest to explore control, abuse
An inquest into the murder of Lilie James by her ex-boyfriend in the St Andrew’s gym is expected to explore domestic violence, coercive control and technology-facilitated abuse
- Jordan Baker
Paul was in agony from paracetamol overuse. Health professionals ‘didn’t listen’, then he died
Paul McHugh diligently took the medication his pharmacy packed for him. Months later, he was dead.
- Cassandra Morgan
Video captures spark that triggered horror nightclub fire
Musicians performing on stage were among the 59 people killed when a pyrotechnic display went wrong in a packed nightclub in North Macedonia.
- Konstantin Testorides and Boris Grdanoski
‘The floor was upside-down’: At least 32 dead as monster storm rips through US
Missouri recorded more fatalities than any other state as it withstood scattered twisters overnight.
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‘We are devastated’: Family of Esperance shark attack victim pay tribute to beloved ‘gentle giant’
The family of Melbourne man Steven Payne — the surfer killed by a shark at a beach near Esperance — have paid tribute to the “gentle giant”, describing him as a “smart, kind, funny and laid-back” man who cherished his loved ones.
- Heather McNeill and Jesinta Burton
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Drone captured shark, blood in water moments after Esperance fatal attack
Grave fears are held for a surfer attacked by a large shark in chest-deep water off a WA beach as the community is left reeling from the fourth suspected fatal mauling since 2017.
- Heather McNeill
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- Extreme weather
Body found in search for missing man swept away by floodwaters
A wide-scale search was launched after the man’s ute was swept off the Wild Cattle Creek Bridge at Megan, north-east of Dorrigo.
- Carrie Fellner
‘Very frightening’: Man dead after ‘targeted’ home invasion
A man has died from head injuries sustained after two men broke into his Sydney home early on Saturday morning.
- Penry Buckley
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