Hasmet after two police officers were killed

There is a huge chase ongoing for a “armed” suspect with a “weapon” male after two Australian officers were shot dead and one was injured in an ambush in a property in a small rural town in Victoria.

Police described the situation in Porepunkah in the Australian Alps – about 300 km (186 miles) northeast of Melbourne – as an “active accident” with hundreds of employees to find the suspect.

The officers were attacked because 10 of them attended the property to present an arrest warrant, which the Australian media said related to historical sexual crimes.

The police say the suspect fled to the bush alone and is based after the shooting. The officers are still trying to locate the man’s wife and children.

Victoria Mike Bush Police Chief said that 10 officers went to the property on Tuesday at about 10:30 local time (00:30 GMT).

The officers who were launched by the armed perpetrator described the weapon, saying that two colleagues-a 59-year-old investigator and 35-year-old-were killed in cold blood.

A third officer was seriously injured and was taken to the hospital.

The state police chief said that all available resources were used to chase the suspect “dangerous” and urged the local residents to stay inside.

“Our priority is to arrest him and bring safety and security to this society,” the officer said.

He added that the suspect believed that he was alone at the time of the shooting, and that the police “are still looking to locate his partner and two children, but he did not see that he was heading to the bush with them.”

Mr. Bush did not confirm the nature of the raid that the officers were carrying out in the property.

Footage from the scene showed earlier on Tuesday dozens of police deployed in Porepunkah and a police helicopter revolving around the area.

The city, the home of about 1,000 people, is part of the local government area in the Alps.

In a statement, the mayor of the Alps Council, Sarah Nicholas, praised the officers, expanding “ideas, love and fixed support” for their families.

“Today it was a day of deep sadness and shock to our community … We are sad together,” she said.

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albaniz and Prime Minister Victoria Jacinta Alan praised the police officers for their courage.

Local resident Emily White told the BBC that she and her guests were protecting in a caravan garden.

“I really think the reality began – this is a really terrible situation,” said Ms. White.

“We are a small community, we will leave our cars unlocked, and we will leave our front doors open. Nothing like that happens at all.”

Astal media reports say that the alleged militant is a “sovereign citizen” declaring himself – who indicates a person who is falsely believed to be subject to Australian laws and governmental authority.

In short, the System called, and these people were present in the nation for decades, according to the Australian Federal Police (AFP).

Police say they are often harmless, but there has been a return to beliefs in recent years – partly fed by lack of confidence in the authorities that have been exacerbated by the street epidemic.

In the 2023 briefing note, Agence France -Presse said the movement “has the basic ability to inspire violence.”

The crime of weapons is relatively rare in Australia, which has some of the world’s most arms regulations.