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[–] Nath@aussie.zone 9 points 4 months ago

The ABC can confirm police were executing a warrant for historical sex offences at a property near Porepunkah when the shooting began.

Police believe the shooter identifies as a "sovereign citizen",

Sovereign citizens believe the government is illegitimate and use pseudo-law — a collection of legal-sounding concepts that have no basis in actual law — to target government institutions.

The shooter remains on the run.

I have a suspicion they will struggle to take this one alive. Which is a pity, he deserves to chill in a cage.