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Savannah Meacham

FORGOTTEN HISTORY: Sovereign citizens attack mirrors rise in radicalism - Caught on Camera

The Porepunkah shooting bears similarities with 2022 Wieambilla attacks, an extremist expert says. (Simon Dallinger/AAP PHOTOS)

Police must come down hard on lawless sovereign citizens after Australia suffered a second extremist attack in a growing pattern of violence, an expert says.

Two detectives were shot dead while another was seriously injured when an alleged sovereign citizen opened fire on police executing a search warrant in Victoria's rural town of Porepunkah on Tuesday.

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