Sydney (AFP) — The wife of an Australian man wanted in connection with the killing of two police officers urged her husband to surrender, in a statement sent to Australian media Sunday.

The heavily armed 56-year-old suspect, Dezi Freeman, fled into the bush Tuesday after opening fire on a team of 10 police officers at his home in the northeast of Victoria state.

The “horrific” shooting in the rural town of Porepunkah killed 59-year-old detective Neal Thompson and 35-year-old senior constable Vadim De Waart, police said.

On Sunday, the suspect’s wife, Amalia Freeman, urged her husband to call the police and surrender, through a statement shared with media via her lawyer.

“We echo the requests of the Victoria Police for the swift and safe conclusion of this tragedy,” she said in the stat

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