Australian fugitive sparks massive manhunt
- 13 years ago
Australian police launch a massive manhunt for a fugitive in New South Wales.
These digitally enhcanced images show Malcolm Naden, who is suspected of killing 24-year-old Kirsty Scholes in 2005 and of indecently assaulting a 15-year-old girl a year earlier.
The 38-year-old "most wanted" man is believed to have shot and wounded a police officer at a campsite in New South Wales on Wednesday.
Teams of heavily armed police are now scouring the area and police have offered a reward of $250,000 AUD for information on Naden's whereabouts.
(SOUNDBITE) (English) NEW SOUTH WALES POLICE COMMISSIONER ANDREW SCIPIONE SAYING:
"A quarter of a million dollars is a significant amount of money. We would hope that that would be enough for somebody to come forward and talk to us about where we might be able to find Mr Naden and more importantly, where we might be able to take him into custody and put him before the courts."
The Australian military are also helping the hunt for the fugitive.
Sunita Rappai, Reuters
These digitally enhcanced images show Malcolm Naden, who is suspected of killing 24-year-old Kirsty Scholes in 2005 and of indecently assaulting a 15-year-old girl a year earlier.
The 38-year-old "most wanted" man is believed to have shot and wounded a police officer at a campsite in New South Wales on Wednesday.
Teams of heavily armed police are now scouring the area and police have offered a reward of $250,000 AUD for information on Naden's whereabouts.
(SOUNDBITE) (English) NEW SOUTH WALES POLICE COMMISSIONER ANDREW SCIPIONE SAYING:
"A quarter of a million dollars is a significant amount of money. We would hope that that would be enough for somebody to come forward and talk to us about where we might be able to find Mr Naden and more importantly, where we might be able to take him into custody and put him before the courts."
The Australian military are also helping the hunt for the fugitive.
Sunita Rappai, Reuters