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Police shoot and kill man strangling sister in Yarra Junction

Police in Yarra Junction were forced to shoot a man who was violently assaulting his sister on Wednesday night after multiple taser rounds failed to subdue him. The 48-year-old woman was airlifted to hospital with a partially severed arm and remains in a coma, while…

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