Police say a "heavily armed" male suspect managed to escape into the bush after the shooting in Victoria state.

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

Prime minister Anthony Albanese praises officers for their bravery

Local authorities urged residents to avoid the area, about 200 miles from Melbourne, as they search for the gunman. A third officer was wounded.

La police australienne a lancé une vaste chasse à l’homme après une fusillade meurtrière dans une zone rurale de l’Etat de Victoria, et appelé la population à ne pas sortir…

Two Australian police officers have been gunned down in an “execution” by a suspected sex offender who then took his wife and children hostage and fled into the bush, police said.

Police say a "heavily armed" male suspect managed to escape into the bush after the shooting in Victoria state.

An armed 'sovereign citizen' has reportedly fled with his wife and kids after shooting dead two police officers and wounding another at a rural property in Porepunkah, 300km…

Manhunt under way for man accused of shooting dead two officers and wounding another in southeastern state of Victoria.

Two police officers have been killed and another wounded at a shooting in the regional Victorian town of Porepunkah, about 300km north-east of Melbourne

Two police officers are dead and a third is wounded after being shot in rural southeast Australia by a gunman still on the loose.

Two officers were killed and another injured in a shooting at a rural property in Victoria on Tuesday.

Victoria police say alleged shooter remains on the run and armed after two officers killed and a third injured

Police say man suspected of shooting dead two officers knows Victorian high country bushland ‘better than us’, as tributes paid to officers killed

As 10 officers made their way up a Porepunkah drive, they were being watched. Soon, two were dead

Australian police on Wednesday identified the gunman accused of killing two police officers and injuring a third a day prior as the manhunt for the suspect continued.

Authorities impose no-fly zone over Porepunkah after Dezi Freeman reportedly flees into dense bush

Reged Ahmad speaks to Catie McLeod, who is on the ground in Porepunkah, and Nino Bucci about what we know of the suspect and the manhunt for him

A peaceful Victoria town has been rocked by the fatal shootings of two police officers, leaving locals shuttered indoors and police scouring bushland for the suspect

Police say heavily armed suspect has not been seen as they continue to scour bushland around rural property where two police officers were killed

Fresh details have emerged about why police attended Dezi Freeman's property in Porepunkah on Tuesday morning when he opened fire and killed two officers.