Australian police hunt gunman who shot dead two officers in rural town

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Australian police are hunting a gunman who shot dead two officers and wounded another on Tuesday (Aug 26) as they tried to serve a warrant for historical sex abuse allegations to a man at a rural property in the state of Victoria.  WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00Two police officers were killed and one wounded in a shooting at a rural property in Poropunka

00:07in Australia on Tuesday. Australian police said the suspect is still at large. The victims were

00:13a 59-year-old detective and a 35-year-old senior constable. Both died at the scene.

00:19The incident occurred when officers attempted to serve a warrant related to historical sex

00:24abuse allegations at the rural property. Australian Federal Police Commissioner Rhys Kershaw

00:30said there were grave concerns for the police officers involved.

00:36Our thoughts and prayers are with Victoria Police right now, the commissioner and the community

00:40and we hope that they are all safe and well. However, we're hearing that there are some

00:46grave concerns for some of those police officers and our hearts go out to the community. Thank you.

00:51Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese also expressed his concern over the unfolding

00:57situation. There is grave concern for some of the police officers who are involved. Our

01:05thoughts are with the police for the work that they do each and every day. In a statement on

01:11social media, Victoria Police said they were responding to an active incident in Poropunka,

01:17about 300 kilometers northeast of Melbourne, and urged people to avoid the area. Investigators

01:24believe the gunman is a so-called sovereign citizen, part of a movement that rejects the legitimacy

01:29of government authority.

01:31of government authority.

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