Hundreds of police officers will continue scouring the Victorian bush for accused killer Dezi Freeman today, with fears he could be hiding in one of thousands of abandoned mineshafts.

Freeman, 56, has not been officially seen since August 26, when a deadly shooting ambush at his Porepunkah home in regional Victoria killed two police officers and wounded a third.

Police have alleged Freeman, who has links to the so-called "sovereign citizen" movement, carried out the attack and fled on foot, still heavily armed.

Locals now fear Freeman could have literally gone underground and be hiding in one of the many mineshafts that dot the country in the region.

Police have said Freeman is a skilled outdoorsman, but they also believe he could be receiving assistance from somebody in the

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