
A manhunt is underway in southern Australia for a heavily armed gunman who police said shot dead two officers and wounded another on Tuesday as they tried to serve a warrant at a rural property in the state of Victoria.
Police said the suspect fired on a team of 10 officers in Porepunkah, about 300 km (186 miles) north-east of the city of Melbourne, at around 10.30 a.m.
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