A police officer has been injured and two others are missing after a shooting at a rural property in Porepunkah in north-east Victoria.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Victoria Police are at a property in the regional Victorian town, 300 kilometres north-east of Melbourne.\u00a0<\/p>\n
People are being asked to avoid the scene, which has been described as an “active and ongoing incident which may present a significant risk to members of the public”.<\/p>\n
Dozens of police officers and several ambulances were at the scene at about 1pm.<\/p>\n
Porepunkah Primary School principal Jill Gillies told the ABC the school was in lockdown.<\/p>\n
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The ABC has seen a heavy police presence at the scene in Porepunkah.\u00a0 (ABC News: Ashlee Aldridge)<\/p>\n
She said they were advised to not let the students out at 11.30am.<\/p>\n
“We were told there was an incident near the school,” she said.<\/p>\n
“We have plenty of movies and distractions for the children and will continue to follow police orders.”<\/p>\n
A local business owner told the ABC he heard at least fifteen police cars driving through the area.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Emily from the Mount Buffalo Caravan Park, on the outskirts of Porepunkah, said residents had been told to lock their cars, stay indoors and “bunker down”.<\/p>\n
“No-one’s allowed to leave,” she said.<\/p>\n
“There are helicopters. It’s pretty intense.”\u00a0<\/p>\n
Porepunkah has a population of 1,024 according to the latest census.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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