Porepunkah shooting: Two officers dead and another wounded after shooting at High Country property, Victoria, Australia
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Manhunt for Dezi Freeman tightens as police target inner circle
An army of police have intensified the manhunt for alleged cop killer Dezi Freeman, targeting his cult-like network of supporters after raids and tip-offs.Mohammad Alfares
September 2, 2025 - 10:38AM
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- Number of night time raids took place near Bright on Monday night, belived to be people linked to DF
- Today a property in Wangaratta was cordoned off in the afternoon. By the evening, a clifftop house on Great Alpine road was raided by dozens of officers and media were told to leave the area.
- Police confirmed that investigators did not visit Freeman’s address on Rayner Track on the days and weeks before executing the search warrant on August 26
Cops swarm quiet street in Wangaratta during manhunt for accused cop killer
“Police have swooped on properties in Wangaratta, about 75 kilometres from Porepunkah, on the eighth day of the manhunt for accused gunman Dezi Freeman.
Plain-clothed officers and unmarked police cars went door-to-door and knocked on windows to try and gather intelligence in the search for the suspected cop killer.
The officers appeared to zero in on one unit block in Wangaratta earlier today.”
Cops swarm quiet street in manhunt for accused cop killer
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Video: Tactical officers prepare for night operation in Porepunkah | Daily Mail Online
Tactical officers are seen preparing for a night operation above the town Porepunkah in the hunt for Dezi Freeman.
I think the Police will be very mindful of this. He has to go to sleep at some point. Arrest whilst going to the toilet perhaps?
Once they locate him i expect a very thorough plan will be hatched before they make their move.
I think it came from Brett Kahan and not Mike Bush. From memory, during a press conference Kahan said that Freeman was not notified by police prior to the warrant being executed. Trying to find the link too.
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Mate, first of all the 2021 arrest has been reported as being in relation to a sexual-related offence. The only source is a 2021 Border Mail article.
Second of all, it is not stipulated what the offence was. It was not said to be a child sexual assault as you claim. It could have been any sexual related charge (if the article is even correct - it does not appear in the records). I could go and urinate in a park behind a tree, and if someone saw me I could be charged with a sexual crime.
Thirdly, Dezi never said that his wife's name was Suzie in the video linked in your post. He says his name is Dezi / Dezi Freeman. The man recording misheard him and asks, "Suzie Freeman?". That's it.
No-fly zone over Porepunkah extended as manhunt for armed Freeman continues
“A no-fly zone stretching 7.5km around Porepunkah has been extended as police continue their desperate hunt for the armed fugitive Dezi Freeman.Australian Defence Force specialists have been called in to help in the huge manhunt for alleged cop killer and sovereign citizen Dezi Freeman, more than a week after two officers were shot dead in rural Victoria,
Defence Minister Richard Marles said the ADF would provide a “planning specialist” to the manhunt at the request of Victoria Police.
“We’re also providing some air surveillance assets, again after a request from the Victoria Police,” Mr Males told ABC’s 7.30 program on Tuesday,”
Dezi Freeman's friends lash out at police and accuse them of staging a calculated stunt in their desperate bid to catch the fugitive
“Friends of accused double cop killer Dezi Freeman have lashed out at police, claiming the dramatic arrests of his wife and teenage son were a calculated stunt to bait the fugitive out of hiding.
'It's to stir Dezi up and to try and make him angry so he makes a mistake,' one friend told Daily Mail.
'But Mali witnessed a double killing and she is absolutely traumatised.
'She went to the station, she gave the police her phone and she helped them with all their questions.
'The arrest is just so they are seen to be doing something publicly.'”
Police accused of extreme tactics in bid to lure Dezi Freeman out
Friends of the Freeman family believe police are resorting to extreme tactics to try and flush the suspected cop killer out of hiding.
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ABC News has rigorous fact checking.
Dezi Freeman: the church-going, gun-owning bushman on the loose
The alleged actions of Dezi Freeman, accused of shooting dead two police officers, reveal a tiny town fraying over anti-authoritarian ideology taken to its unthinkable extreme.
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they were there to execute a search warrant over alleged historical child sex offences.
MOO
From 26/08.
A car?
Where did Mali, Koan (15) & toddler Freeman go when Dez took off into the bush?
Did they actually all initially take off together?
Father of two? There’s 3 kids. Where is the eldest son (19)?
“He was heavily armed and he was able to escape into the bush,' the police chief said. 'I do understand that he was pursued but he was able to get away with a car.
- Freeman is believed to have taken his family hostage and fled the scene.
- The gunman apparently fled by himself without his partner and two children, who had yet to be located.
- We are still looking to locate his partner and two children, but he was not seen to head into the bush with them,' he said.
- It is believed 10 police officers were carrying out a warrant relating to historical sex abuse allegations at the property when the tragedy occurred.
- The father-of-two is renowned locally for his previous run-ins with authority.”
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A car?
Where did Mali, Koan (15) & toddler Freeman go when Dez took off into the bush?
Did they actually all initially take off together?
Father of two? There’s 3 kids. Where is the eldest son (19)?
“He was heavily armed and he was able to escape into the bush,' the police chief said. 'I do understand that he was pursued but he was able to get away with a car.
- Freeman is believed to have taken his family hostage and fled the scene.
- The gunman apparently fled by himself without his partner and two children, who had yet to be located.
- We are still looking to locate his partner and two children, but he was not seen to head into the bush with them,' he said.
- It is believed 10 police officers were carrying out a warrant relating to historical sex abuse allegations at the property when the tragedy occurred.
- The father-of-two is renowned locally for his previous run-ins with authority.”
Two cops are killed and another wounded in shooting at rural property
Dezi Freeman, 56, reportedly went on the run with his wife and two children after being suspected of gunning down the two officers at a farm in Porepunkah.
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Exclusive Daily Mail pictures show a law enforcement convoy, including heavily armed officers, arriving on a hillside along Ritchie Road, which overlooks the township.
Around 5.45pm, they were seen parking at the base of the hill, getting out of their vehicles with their firearms and looking at a map ahead of the operation,
They then embarked on their ascent.
The area is blanketed by a sparse pine plantation - a change from the dense bushland being scoured in Mt Buffalo National park.
Tuesday marked one week since Dezi Freeman allegedly opened fire during a warrant execution at his bush compound, killing two policemen and wounding another.
As night fell, the convoy’s lights could be seen from the road into Porepunkah from Bright.”
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Under cover of darkness
“Tactical police have begun what looks to be a night operation on a hilltop overlooking Porepunkah.Exclusive Daily Mail pictures show a law enforcement convoy, including heavily armed officers, arriving on a hillside along Ritchie Road, which overlooks the township.
Around 5.45pm, they were seen parking at the base of the hill, getting out of their vehicles with their firearms and looking at a map ahead of the operation,
They then embarked on their ascent.
The area is blanketed by a sparse pine plantation - a change from the dense bushland being scoured in Mt Buffalo National park.
Tuesday marked one week since Dezi Freeman allegedly opened fire during a warrant execution at his bush compound, killing two policemen and wounding another.
As night fell, the convoy’s lights could be seen from the road into Porepunkah from Bright.”
Dramatic development in the hunt for Dezi Freeman
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No-fly zone over Porepunkah extended as manhunt for armed Freeman continues
Australian Defence Force specialists have been called in to help in the huge manhunt for alleged cop killer and sovereign citizen Dezi Freeman, more than a week after two officers were shot dead in rural Victoria,
Defence Minister Richard Marles said the ADF would provide a “planning specialist” to the manhunt at the request of Victoria Police.
ABC News has rigorous fact checking.
Dezi Freeman: the church-going, gun-owning bushman on the loose
The alleged actions of Dezi Freeman, accused of shooting dead two police officers, reveal a tiny town fraying over anti-authoritarian ideology taken to its unthinkable extreme.
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they were there to execute a search warrant over alleged historical child sex offences.
MOO
I’m confused about this.
A search warrant? Not a arrest warrant.
Historical child sex offenses?
What does that mean?
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Yeah, however Trooper's post that I was replying to was referring to the 2021 arrest of Dezi at a protest. Not what you are referring toABC News has rigorous fact checking.
Dezi Freeman: the church-going, gun-owning bushman on the loose
The alleged actions of Dezi Freeman, accused of shooting dead two police officers, reveal a tiny town fraying over anti-authoritarian ideology taken to its unthinkable extreme.
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they were there to execute a search warrant over alleged historical child sex offences.
MOO
This pic shows Amali with her 3 sons.
The eldest one is now 19, and the middle one is 15.
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The eldest one is now 19, and the middle one is 15.
Paywalled
In 2021, Freeman was arrested while at a protest outside Myrtleford court, over 2019 allegations of sexual-related offending, according to a Border Mail article.
So yeah, marked as general sexual offending as CSA is not specified.
However current allegation clearly & consistently states sexual abuse of a minor, during the past two years.
Might or might not be connected.
I heard Suzie Freemen initially in that arrest clip too. We’re talking about Dez Freeman. Choose your own delusion.
Yeah, the oldest two are in the 2018 A Current Affair episode “Bogans Ruining Paradise”
He also would regularly violate the property rights of neighbors while undoubtedly expecting the "Gestapo" to give his property rights the utmost respect.
Another example that extremists of any type, right wing as in this case, left wing, or religious often exempt themselves from their own rules and expectations.
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