Australians Call for NZ-Born Neo-Nazi Leader to Be Deported
Thomas Sewell faces multiple charges including violent disorder and affray after leading a group attacking an Indigenous burial site, with four people injured and two hospitalized, police said.
- On Tuesday, Neo‑Nazi Thomas Sewell was arrested outside the Melbourne Magistrates Court and placed in a police van with two other men.
- Earlier that day, Sewell crashed a press conference with Victorian Premier Jacinta Allan and Treasurer Jaclyn Symes, heckling the premier before attending a contest hearing on charges including intimidating a police officer and five counts of breaching intervention orders.
- Footage of the Camp Sovereignty attack shows about 40 men in black allegedly attacking the sacred Indigenous burial site after the March for Australia rally, with four injured and two hospitalized.
- On Tuesday night, police charged Thomas Sewell with violent disorder, affray, assault by kicking and discharging a missile; he was remanded to appear at Melbourne Magistrates' Court on Wednesday, while two other men charged were granted bail to appear on December 10.
- Deputy Prime Minister Richard Marles called the behaviour at Victorian Premier Jacinta Allan's press conference `Obviously what we saw today with the premier was behaviour which was intimidatory and, in turn, confronting for her`, while Camp Sovereignty founder Robbie Thorpe said `So I just, I have a lot of questions`.
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Australians call for NZ-born neo-Nazi leader to be deported
Thomas Sewell, leader of the neo-Nazi National Socialist Network, speaks at the March for Australia rally. Photo: Getty Images A self-confessed white nationalist has been charged after he and his followers allegedly attacked an Aboriginal protest site.
·Otago, New Zealand
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Victoria police have made their first arrest following the attack on an Indigenous sacred site in Melbourne's CBD. The leader of a neo Nazi group was taken into custody outside court where he appeared on unrelated charges. Earlier he had hurled abuse at the Victorian State Premier, dispruting a news conference.
·Sydney, Australia
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