Porepunkah shooting: two Victoria police officers dead, one injured in attack at rural property

Police urge people to ‘avoid the area’ amid ‘active incident’ at Porepunkah, 300km north-east of Melbourne

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Two Victorian police officers are dead and another wounded after a shooting at a rural property in the High Country town of Porepunkah.

Victoria police said on Tuesday afternoon that they were attending an “active” and “ongoing” incident at a Porepunkah address and asked people to “avoid the area”.