3 shot in CBD of Australia's second largest city

Canberra, June 18: Three people have been shot and wounded by a sole gunman during a morning peak-hour shooting in Australia's second largest city Melbourne, police said today.

The gunman opened fire around 0345 hrs IST on a busy city intersection, wounding a woman and two men before fleeing on foot, Victoria Police said.

''There is a large police operation underway in the Melbourne CBD as we speak to try and apprehend the offender,'' Inspector Glenn Weir told local television.

Eyewitness reports said the gunman dragged a woman from a taxi and opened fire with between six and seven shots when two men came to her assistance.

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