The Latest Breaking News from Dezi Freeman

Who is Dezi Freeman, suspected gunman on the run in rural Australia after two officers killed?

The 56-year-old ‘sovereign citizen’ once told a court he was a disability pensioner and claimed his family had been persecuted by the state

The Independent UK · Aug 27, 2025

What is the global ‘sovereign citizen’ movement and why is it so strong in Australia?

Sovereign citizens believe they are separate from the countries they live in and the law does not apply to them

The Independent UK · Aug 27, 2025

In idyllic Porepunkah, a manhunt this huge feels ‘surreal’ – and the alleged killer could be anywhere

A peaceful Victorian town has been rocked by the fatal shootings of two police officers, leaving locals shuttered indoors and police scouring bushland for the suspect

The Guardian - AU · Aug 27, 2025

Why are police a target for sovereign citizen violence?

As the tragic events evolve in Porepunkah, northeast Victoria, media outlets have reported the alleged shooter, Dezi Freeman, is known to be a “sovereign citizen”.

The Conversation · Aug 27, 2025

What we know on day two of the Victoria shooting

Police are looking for a gunman who killed two officers at the regional Victorian town of Porepunkah, about 300km north-east of Melbourne, Australia

The Guardian - AU · Aug 27, 2025

How a police search warrant at a rural Victorian property ended in a day of tragedy

As 10 officers made their way up a Porepunkah drive, they were being watched. Soon, two were dead

The Guardian - AU · Aug 27, 2025

Alleged cop killer's issues with authority laid bare

A fugitive gunman previously referred to the police in court evidence as 'frigging Nazis' and 'terrorist thugs' and once tried to arrest a magistrate.

AAP · Aug 27, 2025

Sovereign citizens: attack mirrors rise in radicalism

The sovereign citizen movement in Australia is growing and a related pattern of extreme violence will continue unless there is a crackdown, an expert says.

AAP · Aug 27, 2025

Slain Victoria police officers named as search for alleged killer continues

Police say suspect Dezi Freeman knows Victorian high country bushland ‘better than us’, as tributes paid to two dead officers

The Guardian - AU · Aug 27, 2025

Australian police identify suspect in fatal shooting of officers as manhunt enters second day

Australian police have identified a suspect who shot and killed two police officers and seriously wounded a third as the search for the shooter entered day two in a vast, remote rural area in the country’s southeast

The Independent UK · Aug 27, 2025