{"id":58474,"date":"2025-08-26T00:09:07","date_gmt":"2025-08-26T04:09:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bnonews.com\/?p=58474"},"modified":"2025-08-26T00:31:31","modified_gmt":"2025-08-26T04:31:31","slug":"2-police-officers-killed-another-wounded-in-australia-ambush","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bnonews.com\/index.php\/2025\/08\/2-police-officers-killed-another-wounded-in-australia-ambush\/","title":{"rendered":"2 police officers killed, another wounded in Australia ambush"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Two police officers were shot dead and a third was wounded in an ambush at a rural property in southeastern Australia, in one of the deadliest attacks on law enforcement in the country in recent decades, according to local media.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The incident occurred Tuesday afternoon in the community of Porepunkah, about 185 miles northeast of Melbourne, while officers were reportedly serving a routine firearms check, according to 7News.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Police sources told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theage.com.au\/national\/victoria\/victoria-police-shooting-live-updates-one-officer-shot-and-two-others-missing-after-ambush-in-high-country-20250826-p5mpwv.html\">The Age<\/a> that two officers were killed in what was described as an ambush, and another was shot in the thigh. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Local media reported that the gunman, described as a \u201csovereign citizen,\u201d is known to police and is holding his wife and at least two children hostage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to The Age, heavy gunfire prevented police from entering the property as they awaited Special Operations officers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Victoria Police <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/VictoriaPolice\/status\/1960180702554603582\">said<\/a> they were continuing to respond to the incident, adding that it remained an active situation. 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