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Australian police arrest two in connection with gunman Dezi Freeman
Key takeaways
- Freeman had gone on the run in August after shooting dead two police officers who came to execute a search warrant at his home in Porepunkah in rural Victoria.
- He was located about 150km (93mi) away, hiding on a remote farm and police said at the time they believed he must have had help escaping from Porepunkah.
- On Tuesday police said they had arrested two men aged 48 and 35 at separate locations in Victoria, adding that they would be interviewed by police.
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Helen Livingstone Sydney Nine/A Current Affair Freeman, also known as Desmond Filby, was shot dead in a stand-off with police in March.Australian police have arrested two men in connection with Dezi Freeman, the conspiracy theorist gunman who was shot dead by police after a seven-month manhunt in March.
Freeman had gone on the run in August after shooting dead two police officers who came to execute a search warrant at his home in Porepunkah in rural Victoria.
He was located about 150km (93mi) away, hiding on a remote farm and police said at the time they believed he must have had help escaping from Porepunkah.
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