Police says two “cold blood were killed” in Australia, which led to a severe chase

Two police officers were killed and another was seriously injured in a shooting on a real estate in a country part of Australia. The gunman generally remained while the police collected a vast remote area.

The fire took place in the middle of the programs when 10 armed police officers tried to carry out an inspection note in a property in Porepunkah, a town with a little more than 1,000 people in Victoria, 200 miles northeast of Melbourne.

Police chief of Victoria Mike Bush told reporters at a newspapers in the nearby city of Wantarata that the suspect had killed a 59 -year -old investigator and 35 years old.

Bush said that the officers “met the perpetrators and were killed in cold blood.” The police chief said that the man fled alone, on foot and a large weapon to the surrounding forests where hundreds of officers were still searching for him.

Bush will not reveal what is related to the guilt of the man’s name or not to confirm it or the motives of the man. The officers were also looking for a man’s wife and two children, where he was not known.

Bush said that another investigator was shot and was undergoing surgery on Tuesday night. The man’s injuries were not life threat.

Australian media, Including Al -Omar newspaper“The 56 -year -old Daisy Freeman describes him as an extremist conspiracy theorist who had been hated by the police. The newspaper said that Freeman was a “sovereign citizen”, referring to a movement that falsely believes that it is not subject to the laws approved by the government.

During a 2024 hearing to resume his suspended driver’s license, Freeman The court told the court This is “even a police officer or a policeman … It is like a survivor from Auschwitz who sees a Nazi soldier.” Sydney Morning Herald mentioned.

Police said in a statement.

The public buildings and the nearby airport were closed. The local school for more than 100 students was in the case of insurance for hours before allowing students to return home.

“A strange feeling of awe”

With the decrease in darkness, the huge pursuit continued. TV reports showed helicopters and police dogs in the area.

Porepunkhahhhhh, known as the picturesque vineyard and vitality farms, is a gateway to the Victoria Tourist District in Victoria.

A minister of Victoria Wayne Gat said that the Victoria Police Federation was “shocking and strange.” “Police stations in Victoria were silent when we were first notified.”

The mayor of the Alps Shayer Sarah Nicholas said that it was a day of “deep sadness and shock” of society.

“We are sad together, and we will continue to support each other with sympathy and care,” she said in a video message on social media.

He was the last police officer to be shot and killed in the country in 2023 in the state of southern Australia, according to the National Memorial Police website. In 2022, Two officers were killed By Christian extremists in rural property in Queensland.

The three archers were shot, and the conspiracy theorists who hated the police, by the officers after a six -hour siege in the Wimpilla region.

These episodes stimulate the national news coverage because the shooting of deaths in Australia is rare.

A 1996 massacre In the town of Port Arthur in Tasmania, where a single gunman killed 35 people, the government has pushed greatly to tighten arms laws and made it difficult for the Australians to obtain firearms.

France-Bask Agency

He contributed to this report.