US Edition‘Give Yourself up’: Ex-NZ Top Cop Leading Aussie Police Killer Manhunt Calls Out Dezi Freeman
More than 450 officers are engaged in the fifth day of the search for Dezi Freeman, who allegedly killed two officers and injured a third during a warrant operation.
- On Saturday, the manhunt entered its fifth day as Victoria Police continued searching for Dezi Freeman, accused of killing two officers after fleeing on foot into bushland near Porepunkah, Victoria.
- During the Tuesday operation, Victoria Police were serving a search warrant linked to historical sex offences at Dezi Freeman’s Rayner Track property, having considered but not requested Special Operations Group support; Freeman is described as a self-proclaimed sovereign citizen hostile to police with firearm access.
- Harsh alpine weather has complicated search operations in Porepunkah, Victoria, where more than 450 Victoria Police officers and specialist units, including an armoured 'BearCat', are deployed amid sub-6C temperatures and wind gusts over 60km/h.
- Funerals with full police honours for Senior Constable Vadim De Waart and Detective Leading Senior Constable Neal Thompson are scheduled at Victoria Police Academy, Glen Waverley; Mali Freeman and 15-year-old son were detained and released without charge, and Melbourne protests may further strain police resources.
- Chief Commissioner Mike Bush appealed for Dezi Freeman to surrender and warned against aiding him, while the community and leaders, including Victorian Premier Jacinta Allan and Police Minister Anthony Carbines, paid tribute with dozens of floral tributes.
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Search for Australian gunman enters fifth day as weather closes in
SYDNEY (Reuters) -Australian police battled severe alpine weather on Saturday on the fifth day of a search for a gunman who escaped into dense bush after allegedly shooting dead two officers and injuring another at a rural property in Victoria state. Hundreds of officers were in the field searching for 56-year-old Dezi Freeman, previously known as Desmond Filby, who is believed to have expert bushcraft skills and multiple powerful firearms, a po…
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