TWO police officers have been killed and a third injured in an “ambush” by an alleged sovereign citizen at a rural property in Australia.
Victoria cops said on Tuesday afternoon they were dealing with an “active incident” and urged people to “avoid the area” as the gunman is still on the run.
Police Chief Commissioner Mike Bush confirmed that ten officers went to the Porepunkah property around 10.30am on Tuesday to execute a search warrant when shots were fired.
He said: “They were fired upon. The two deceased officers are still at the scene. A third officer was seriously injured and is currently in surgery in hospital.”
Bush said the other officers on scene were uninjured, but stressed the incident was “still active and ongoing”.
“We have deployed all specialist resources into the ar