Police shoot magpie dead for attacking old woman

Australian police have shot dead a magpie after it attacked an old woman

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published 14 September 2018

Australian police have come under fire over the shooting death of a magpie outside a shopping centre in northern New South Wales. Officers were called to the scene after the magpie swooped at a 70-year-old woman, who fell and injured her knee. The officers used their service pistols to shoot the bird out of a tree.

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