US EditionProtesters clash with Australian police after suspected killer of Indigenous girl arrested
Police said the unrest injured emergency workers and damaged vehicles after crowds demanded the suspect be handed over for traditional payback.
- On Thursday night, violent riots erupted outside Alice Springs Hospital as around 400 people gathered to protest the arrest of 47-year-old Jefferson Lewis, accused of murdering five-year-old Kumanjayi Little Baby.
- Police arrested Lewis late Thursday at an Alice Springs residence after a five-day search following discovery of the child's body near the Todd River earlier that day.
- Northern Territory Police Commissioner Martin Dole described the unrest as 'absolute anarchy,' with rioters throwing projectiles and setting vehicles alight, injuring several police officers and medical staff.
- Authorities transferred Lewis to Darwin early Friday morning for his safety amid ongoing unrest, while Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and community leaders urged calm to prevent further escalation.
- Charges against Lewis are expected in coming days as the community grieves; Northern Territory Police Commissioner Martin Dole emphasized there is 'one law' in Australia applying to all, rejecting calls for traditional 'payback.
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Crowd Beats Up Suspect Who Allegedly Killed 5-Year-Old Girl, Riot Outside Hospital As Police Shoot Rubber Bullets
A crowd beat suspected child killer unconscious in Alice Springs before hundreds rioted outside a hospital. Police fired tear gas and rubber bullets at the mob.
The parents of Kumanjayi Little Baby are calling for calm in Alice Springs. The city in the Australian outback has been the scene of riots since Thursday evening after the body of this 5-year-old Aboriginal girl was found. She had been missing since last Saturday.
Australian Indigenous protesters and police clash over arrest of suspected killer of 5-year-old girl
Police fired tear gas into a crowd of hundreds of Indigenous people who gathered outside a hospital in the remote town of Alice Springs Thursday night following the arrest of a man accused of killing a five-year-old girl. Members of the crowd, who called for the suspect to be punished according to customary law, attacked police and emergency workers and set a number of vehicles on fire.
Protesters clash with police in Australia after suspected killer of Indigenous girl arrested
Hundreds of protesters clashed with Australian emergency services workers in a remote town following the arrest of a man suspected of murdering a five-year-old Indigenous girl, police said on Friday.
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