Asked whether man, 61, was associated with Freeman, a Victoria Police spokesperson said that line of inquiry would form part of interview by detectives

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A 61-year-old man has been arrested and interviewed by detectives investigating the whereabouts of a man accused of killing two police officers.

The hunt for alleged gunman Dezi Freeman is in its fifth day with hundreds of police continuing to scour Victoria’s high country wilderness amid strong winds and chilly conditions.

Freeman, 56, who has fled to the bush, is alleged to have killed two police officers and injured a third on Tuesday in Porepunkah, north-east of Melbourne.