Sydney, Dec 23
A police manhunt is underway for two people after a woman was shot dead in Australia's state of Queensland.
The Queensland Police said in a statement on Sunday that they were called to a Railway Parade address at Caboolture, a town about 45 km north of Brisbane, at around 12.10 a.m. on Sunday, where they located the woman unconscious and unresponsive. She was declared dead later, reports news agency.
Initial investigations indicate the 23-year-old woman was assaulted by two males and sustained a gunshot wound outside the Railway Parade property.
Detectives believe this is not a random attack and have launched a homicide investigation.
A spree of shooting incidents has occurred in different parts of the nation this month, raising safety concerns.
Earlier on December 20, one man died, and two more were injured after a shooting in Melbourne, the capital city of Australia's state of Victoria.