Sydney, June 16 -- A police officer has been killed in a shooting in the Australian island state of Tasmania, local police reported on Monday.
Tasmania Police said in a statement that an officer was approaching a house in the state's northwest on Monday morning in relation to routine duties when they were allegedly shot by a member of the public.
The police officer was critically injured and died at the scene.
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