Porepunkah: two police officers killed, third wounded in rural ambush

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Two detectives have been killed and another wounded in a shooting at a property in Porepunkah, with a suspected sovereign citizen now on the run. This video includes ACM-produced voiceover powered by AI.

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00:00Two Victoria Police detectives have been killed and a third wounded after an ambush during

00:06a warrant execution for historical sex offences, served to a person at a rural property in

00:11Porupunkka near Bright. The officers were reportedly searching an abandoned bus when

00:16they came under fire, with the alleged gunman fleeing the scene with family members and at

00:21least one police firearm. Heavily armed officers from the Special Operations Group have surrounded

00:28the area, while Porupunkka Primary School was placed into lockdown. AAP has reported that the gunman

00:35is believed to identify as a sovereign citizen, a fringe ideology whose followers reject government

00:42authority, taxes and laws, according to police sources not authorised to comment on the situation.

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