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Bomb squad called to country town after shots fired

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Bomb squad called to country town after shots fired. (2026, October 31). ABC News (AU). https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-11-01/bomb-squad-shots-fired-numurkah-man-charged-victoria-police/107333148

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In Numurkah, located two-and-a-half hours north of Melbourne, Victoria Police responded to reports of a man firing a gun at a vehicle on Thursday. On Saturday, detectives discovered a suspicious device during a search of the property, leading to the deployment of the Bomb Response Unit which safely neutralized the threat. A 66-year-old suspect was arrested and charged with multiple offenses including reckless conduct endangering serious injury and possessing an explosive substance.

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Story summary

A bomb squad was called to Numurkah, two-and-a-half hours north of Melbourne, after a man allegedly fired a gun at a vehicle on Thursday. Detectives searched a property in the town on Saturday and discovered a "suspicious device," which the Bomb Response Unit later made safe. A 66-year-old man was arrested at the scene and charged with reckless conduct endangering serious injury, possessing and making an explosive substance, as well as additional charges including possessing Victoria Police equipment without authority, cultivating and possessing cannabis, and possessing a prohibited weapon without exemption. The suspect will appear before the Shepparton Magistrates' Court on Sunday.

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Topics

Numurkah The Bomb Response Unit Victoria Police Victorian the Shepparton Magistrates' Court

Subjects

Victoria Police ORG · 2× Numurkah GPE · 1× The Bomb Response Unit ORG · 1× Victorian NORP · 1× the Shepparton Magistrates' Court ORG · 1×

Narrative

He was also charged with possessing Victoria Police equipment without authority, cultivating and possessing cannabis, and possessing a prohibited weapon without exemption.

framing: assertive · carried by 1 article(s) · first seen 2026-11-01

2026-11-01 · ABC News (AU)

Bomb squad called to country town after shots fired · assertive framing

Claims (7 extracted, 1 hedged)

The bomb squad has been called to a northern Victorian property after a man allegedly fired a gun at a vehicle. uncertain

man → call → vehicle

Victoria Police said investigators were told a man fired a gun towards a vehicle in Numurkah, two-and-a-half hours' drive north of Melbourne, on Thursday. asserted

man → say → Thursday

Detectives searched the property on Saturday and found a "suspicious device". asserted

Detectives → search → device

The Bomb Response Unit was called in and made the device safe. asserted

device → call → ?

A 66-year-old man was arrested at the scene and charged with reckless conduct endangering serious injury and possessing and making an explosive substance. asserted

man → arrest → substance

He was also charged with possessing Victoria Police equipment without authority, cultivating and possessing cannabis, and possessing a prohibited weapon without exemption. asserted

He → charge → exemption

The man was remanded to appear at the Shepparton Magistrates' Court tomorrow. asserted

man → remand → Court