Australia

Tragedy has struck on the Easter weekend as a young girl who fell from the e-scooter she was riding, into the path of a car, was killed.

A young man died in the early hours of Easter Sunday.

Religious leaders are sharing a message of hope at Easter as they recognise the impact of chaos and uncertainty across the world.

The 60-year-old’s death was announced on Saturday after a short but stoic battle with Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, an incurable brain disease which also took the life of his sister, Gracie. 

A police officer has had a narrow escape and had to fire his gun at an offender who was trying to run him down with a car.

‘It was just like bang, bang, bang.’

An Easter game hunt has turned to tragedy after a son discharged his weapon and shot his father.

A teenager out on a morning bike ride says it was all about being in the ‘right place at the right time’ when he spotted the boy in the middle of the track.

A group of men are on the run after a woman and her eight-year-old son were brutally assaulted in their home before she was kidnapped and found dead in a burnt-out car.

A 41-year-old man is being questioned by police.

Her eight-year-old son was also left in the driveway with horrific injuries after being bashed with a baseball bat.

Tragedy has struck at the start of the Easter long weekend when a fisherman drowned after being swept off rocks and could not be revived.

A frantic search is underway after a woman drowned and a man disappeared after being swept off rocks at a popular beach.