Australian police arrest two in connection with gunman Dezi Freeman

Australian constabulary person arrested 2 men successful transportation with Dezi Freeman, the conspiracy theorist gunman who was changeable dormant by constabulary aft a seven-month manhunt successful March.

Freeman had gone connected the tally successful August aft shooting dormant 2 constabulary officers who came to execute a hunt warrant astatine his location successful Porepunkah successful agrarian Victoria.

He was located astir 150km (93mi) away, hiding connected a distant workplace and constabulary said astatine the clip they believed helium indispensable person had assistance escaping from Porepunkah.

On Tuesday constabulary said they had arrested 2 men aged 48 and 35 astatine abstracted locations successful Victoria, adding that they would beryllium interviewed by police.

"The probe remains ongoing and arsenic such, we are not successful a presumption to supply further details astatine this contiguous time," constabulary said.

In August past year, 10 constabulary officers had been sent to Freeman's spot to service an apprehension warrant for humanities enactment offences. They were attacked and 2 elder constables - Neal Thompson and Vadim de Waart - were killed by Freeman.

Freeman past disappeared into dense bushland, sparking 1 of Australia's largest ever manhunts.

In March, a tip-off led constabulary to a instrumentality connected a campy astatine a workplace successful distant Victoria. Freeman was shot dormant aft a three-hour stand-off erstwhile helium emerged wrapped successful a broad and holding a weapon helium had taken from 1 of the dormant constabulary officers.

Freeman, whose existent sanction was Desmond Filby, was a self-described "sovereign citizen", portion of an anti-government question that rejects authorization and laws.