Four children found after being snatched from Mackay home

Four children have been found safe and well almost a day after they were abducted in north Queensland, but the man allegedly responsible is still on the run.

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Aug 12, 2022, updated May 22, 2025
A man has been taken into custody after a truck rammed two police vehicles, leaving four police injured.
A man has been taken into custody after a truck rammed two police vehicles, leaving four police injured.

Police said the three girls – aged three, seven and eight – and a four-year-old boy had been found on Friday morning.Officers are still hunting for 28-year-old Joshua Carter, who allegedly abducted the children from a rural property at The Leap, north of Mackay, about 11.30am on Thursday.

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