Alleged Porepunkah killer shown ranting at police in pandemic-era footage as manhunt continues

Videos show Dezi Freeman arguing about Covid-19 mask mandates and telling police they have intelligence of kindergarten children'

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More than 100 properties have been searched in the hunt for the alleged Porepunkah police killer, as footage of the fugitive arguing about mask mandates with police during the pandemic emerges.

On the ninth day of the search Victoria's police chief commissioner, Mike Bush, would not be drawn on where they think Dezi Freeman is after he allegedly shot and killed two officers at a property in Porepunkah, about 300km north-east of Melbourne last Tuesday. Police teams were on Wednesday seen working on the south-eastern side of the valley under Mount Buffalo.