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Sky News AU
2 days ago
- Sky News AU
Mother of missing teen Phoebe Bishop scolds social media trolls after receiving barrage of abuse
The mother of missing 17-year-old girl Phoebe Bishop has blasted numerous social media trolls, after her joint statement with Queensland Police was ruthlessly mocked by users. Kylie Johnson partnered with Queensland Police on Saturday to release an announcement pleading anyone who had spotted the grey Hyundai ix35 her daughter was last seen in to contact authorities. "Our lives have been changed for the worst after the sudden disappearance of my daughter who was last seen on May 15," she said in the clip. The 17-year-old was last seen alive near Bundaberg Airport about 8.30am on May 15, when she was set to board a flight to see her boyfriend in Western Australia. However, she never made it on the plane, which was bound for Brisbane, with CCTV from inside the terminal showing the teen had failed to even make it inside the airport. Police and State Emergency Services (SES) spent five days searching nearby Good Night Scrub National Park, about 40 minutes from her home in the town of Gin Gin, yet the search was abandoned on Wednesday. Kylie Johnson's visual statement received widespread criticism from a number of Facebook commenters, with many stating her plea seemed insincere and ungenuine. Ms Johnson then reposted her video appeal on her personal Facebook account with a lengthy message rebuking those who had made offensive remarks, whilst defending her emotional demeanor. 'People wanted a statement, they got one yet still question me as a mother,' her post read. 'I'm sorry that I'm currently an emotional wreck, trying to protect our other children from the media and the trolls, trying to continue to breathe while your world shatters around you! The distressed mother also reiterated that her daughter's disappearance was extremely out of character, and asked people who had made disparaging comments to advise her how to better handle the challenging situation. 'If anyone would like to be in this position please step in and show me how to do this. 'Show me what a perfect parent looks like? Show me how to navigate this? Show me how to deal with the unknown and the uncertainty? Show me how to use perfect language and emotion in a situation that NO parent ever wants to be in?" Ms Johnson also used the post to beg anyone with information to immediately come forward and stated that her daughter would have detested the media spotlight the event had generated. The post by and large received an outcry of public support, with many users praising Ms Johnson for her resilience and tenacity although some commenters scrutinised her statement and even picked apart her body language and facial expressions. Some went as far as to question her use of past tense in the message. However, the vast majority of commenters praised Ms Johnson for her courage and offered messages of encouragement and reassurance, with Nadia Elise saying: 'I think you are holding everything together as best you can lovely. Everyone who knows you, doesn't doubt you". The search of the national park had involved SES volunteers, drones, a rescue helicopter and cadaver dogs, which are trained to find human remains. Photographs from the scene showed police taking away brown bags from items collected in the bushland that would likely go under forensic examination. Police suspect evidence may have been removed before they arrived. Despite the search of the national park being suspended, police stressed the investigation was ongoing and they had "other areas" of interest. In a statement to on Saturday, a Queensland Police spokesman said, "the greater Gin Gin area remains the focus of the investigation". Anyone with information can contact police anonymously via Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000 or online via the suspicious activity form.
Sky News AU
3 days ago
- Sky News AU
Kylie Johnson pleads for anyone with information about missing 17-year-old daughter Phoebe Bishop to speak to Qld Police after vanishing on May 15
The mother of Pheobe Bishop has issued a new appeal, with police having little leads to go off after the teen's disappearance in regional Queensland more than two weeks ago. The 17-year-old was last seen alive near Bundaberg Airport about 8.30am on May 15, when she was set to board a flight to see her boyfriend in Western Australia. However, she never made it on a plane, which was bound for Brisbane, with CCTV from inside the terminal showing the teen had failed to even make it inside the airport. Police and State Emergency Services (SES) have spent five days searching nearby Good Night Scrub National Park, about 40 minutes from her home in the town of Gin Gin. That search was abandoned on Wednesday. Queensland Police on Saturday released a video message of Pheobe's mother Kylie Johnson desperately appealing for anyone in the community with information. "Our lives have been changed for the worst after the sudden disappearance of my daughter who was last seen on May 15," she said in the clip. "This is a pain no person or family should ever have to experience. "Pheobe was a beautiful, loving, kind person and every day not knowing where she has been is devastating for us. This is why we're appealing to anyone with any information that may help to bring Pheobe home to contact the police. "Even the smallest bit of information may be all the police need to find Pheobe." Ms Johnson also thanked detectives for their efforts so far in trying to find her daughter, flagging she has been kept informed throughout the investigation. "I also want to thank our community for their constant support and messages. I know this investigation isn't over. it will not be over for me until we find Pheobe," she said. The mother remained calm throughout the video, later saying she has "hope Pheobe will come home" but understands there's a possibility that she won't. "If the worst case scenario has happened, I at least need to know where she is resting. I need to know where Pheobe is," Ms Johnson continued. "My daughter wouldn't just disappear. Someone knows something and as a mum I'm asking you to come forward with your information. "Please speak to police if you have any information big or small. You can report information to police anonymously via Police Link or Crime Stoppers." The search of the national park had involved SES volunteers, drones, a rescue helicopter and cadaver dogs, which are trained to find human remains. Photographs from the scene showed police taking away brown bags from items collected in the bushland that would likely go under forensic examination. Police suspect evidence may have been removed before they arrived. Despite the search of the national park being suspended, police stressed the investigation was ongoing and they had "other areas" of interest. In a statement to on Saturday, a Queensland Police spokesman said "the greater Gin Gin area remains the focus of the investigation". Couple Tanika Bromley and James Wood were the last people to see Pheobe alive. They insisted to have dropped the 17-year-old at Bundaberg Airport. The pair drove a Hyundai ix35 with number plates 414 EW3, which has already been seized and undergone some examination by forensic police. Pheobe had lived with the couple prior to her sudden disappearance. Anyone with information can contact police anonymously via Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000 or online via the suspicious activity form.
RTÉ News
7 days ago
- Politics
- RTÉ News
Three people injured in Russian attacks in Ukraine's south, officials say
Russian drone attacks injured three people in Ukraine's south and southeast overnight, Ukrainian officials said. Two people were injured in the Dnipropetrovsk region, Governor Serhiy Lysak said. "Air defence forces were working during the night in the Dnipropetrovsk," he said on the Telegram messaging app, adding that five drones had been shot down over the region. The attack sparked a fire in a private house and an outbuilding in one district of the region and destroyed an agricultural enterprise, a private house, and a car in another. Nikopol district also came under FPV, artillery and drone attack, Mr Lysak said. A 59-year-old man was injured in a morning drone attack on the southern city of Kherson, the military administration said. In the northeastern city of Sumy, a drone strike sparked a fire in a building of an industrial enterprise. A later airstrike damaged at least seven private and one two-storey buildings and cars in another area, the military administration said. There were no casualties, it added. Russia, which began its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, did not immediately comment on the reports. Meanwhile, the governor of Ukraine's Sumy region on the Russian border said yesterday that Russian forces had captured four villages as part of an attempt to create a "buffer zone" on Ukrainian territory. Russia's military and Russian military bloggers have in recent days reported captured villages in Sumy, which has come under frequent Russian air strikes for months. Sumy Region Governor Oleh Hryhorov, writing on Facebook, listed four villages inside the border that he said were now held by Russian forces - Novenke, Basivka, Veselivka and Zhuravka. He said their residents had long been evacuated. "The enemy is continuing attempts to advance with the aim of setting up a so-called 'buffer zone,'" he wrote. Ukrainian forces, he said, "are keeping the situation under control, inflicting precise fire damage on the enemy". Mr Hryhorov said fighting was continuing around other villages in the area, including Volodymyrivka and Bilovodiv - two settlements that Russia's Defence Ministry had earlier said were now held by Moscow's forces. Russian reports in recent days had said that Moscow's forces had taken control of villages in the region. Ukraine's State Emergency Services reported that one person was killed when Russian forces shelled an area of Sumy region west of the captured villages. Sumy region is opposite Russia's Kursk region, where Ukrainian forces launched a large cross-border incursion last August. Moscow says Ukrainian troops have been ousted from Kursk, but Kyiv says its forces are still active there. Ukraine's popular military blog Deep State had said at the weekend that Russian forces had for the first time "been able to take up positions" along a line of border villages. A Russian missile strike on the region's main city, also called Sumy, killed 35 people on Palm Sunday last month. Deep State on Monday said Russian forces had launched attacks further east near Vovchansk in Kharkiv region, where it had launched an earlier incursion in May 2024.
Korea Herald
27-05-2025
- Politics
- Korea Herald
Ukrainian governor says Russian forces capture four villages in Sumy
The governor of Ukraine's Sumy region on the Russian border said on Monday that Russian forces had captured four villages as part of an attempt to create a "buffer zone" on Ukrainian territory. Russia's military and Russian military bloggers have in recent days reported captured villages in Sumy, which has come under frequent Russian airstrikes for months. Sumy Region Gov. Oleh Hryhorov, writing on Facebook, listed four villages inside the border that he said were now held by Russian forces -- Novenke, Basivka, Veselivka and Zhuravka. He said their residents had long been evacuated. "The enemy is continuing attempts to advance with the aim of setting up a so-called 'buffer zone,'" he wrote. Ukrainian forces, he said, "are keeping the situation under control, inflicting precise fire damage on the enemy." Hryhorov said fighting was continuing around other villages in the area, including Volodymyrivka and Bilovodiv -- two settlements that Russia's Defense Ministry had earlier on Monday said were now held by Moscow's forces. Russian reports in recent days had said that Moscow's forces had taken control of villages in the region. Ukraine's State Emergency Services reported that one person was killed on Monday when Russian forces shelled an area of Sumy region west of the captured villages. Sumy region is opposite Russia's Kursk region, where Ukrainian forces launched a large cross-border incursion last August. Moscow says Ukrainian troops have been ousted from Kursk, but Kyiv says its forces are still active there. Ukraine's popular military blog DeepState had said at the weekend that Russian forces had for the first time "been able to take up positions" along a line of border villages. A Russian missile strike on the region's main city, also called Sumy, killed 35 people on Palm Sunday last month. DeepState on Monday said Russian forces had launched attacks further east near Vovchansk in Kharkiv region, where it had launched an earlier incursion in May 2024. (Reuters)
NDTV
27-05-2025
- Politics
- NDTV
Ukraine Says Russian Forces Capture 4 Villages As War Intensifies
Kyiv: The governor of Ukraine's Sumy region on the Russian border said on Monday that Russian forces had captured four villages as part of an attempt to create a "buffer zone" on Ukrainian territory. Russia's military and Russian military bloggers have in recent days reported captured villages in Sumy, which has come under frequent Russian air strikes for months. Sumy Region Governor Oleh Hryhorov, writing on Facebook, listed four villages inside the border that he said were now held by Russian forces -- Novenke, Basivka, Veselivka and Zhuravka. He said their residents had long been evacuated. "The enemy is continuing attempts to advance with the aim of setting up a so-called 'buffer zone,'" he wrote. Ukrainian forces, he said, "are keeping the situation under control, inflicting precise fire damage on the enemy". Hryhorov said fighting was continuing around other villages in the area, including Volodymyrivka and Bilovodiv -- two settlements that Russia's Defence Ministry had earlier on Monday said were now held by Moscow's forces. Russian reports in recent days had said that Moscow's forces had taken control of villages in the region. Ukraine's State Emergency Services reported that one person was killed on Monday when Russian forces shelled an area of Sumy region west of the captured villages. Sumy region is opposite Russia's Kursk region, where Ukrainian forces launched a large cross-border incursion last August. Moscow says Ukrainian troops have been ousted from Kursk, but Kyiv says its forces are still active there. Ukraine's popular military blog DeepState had said at the weekend that Russian forces had for the first time "been able to take up positions" along a line of border villages. A Russian missile strike on the region's main city, also called Sumy, killed 35 people on Palm Sunday last month. DeepState on Monday said Russian forces had launched attacks further east near Vovchansk in Kharkiv region, where it had launched an earlier incursion in May 2024.
