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

<p>Police urge people to ‘avoid the area’ amid ‘active incident’ at Porepunkah, 300km north-east of Melbourne</p><ul><li><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2025/aug/26/porepunkah-shooting-live-updates-victoria-police-active-incident-latest-news-ntwnfb">Victoria police shooting live updates</a></p></li><li><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/aug/26/victoria-police-shooting-what-we-know-so-far-ntwnfb">What we know so far about the shooting in rural Australia</a></p></li></ul><p>Two Victorian police officers are dead and another wounded after a shooting at a rural property in the High Country town of Porepunkah.</p><p>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”.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/aug/26/police-attending-active-incident-at-rural-property-in-victoria-and-ask-people-to-avoid-the-area">Continue reading...</a>