Fugitive wanted over Australia police killings being helped, police say

A fugitive who allegedly murdered two officers in a small rural Australian town in the state of Victoria is being helped by some members of the community, police have said.

Dezi Freeman has been on the run since last Tuesday, when police arrived at his Porepunkah property to execute a search warrant, reportedly relating to a sex crimes investigation.

Mr Freeman, a known conspiracy theorist, escaped into thick bushland bordering the property, with a massive manhunt for him now in its seventh day.

His wife, Amalia Freeman, had earlier urged him to turn himself in and offered her condolences to the families of the officers he is alleged to have killed.

Victoria Police – which has previously appealed for Mr Freeman to surrender – says there has still been no sighting of the 56-year-old.

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