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Unrest in Alice Springs after Jefferson Lewis arrested over death of Kumanjayi Little Baby

the Guardian·Guardian staff·about 1 month ago
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An angry crowd has clashed with police outside a hospital in Alice Springs where a 47-year-old man arrested by police in connection with the death of five-year-old Kumanjayi Little Baby was being treated. The arrest of Jefferson Lewis was confirmed in a brief statement by Northern Territory police just before 10pm local time on Thursday night. A police vehicle set alight during clashes between outside Alice Springs hospital. Photograph: Rhett Hammerton/EPA “A short time ago, the Northern Territory police force located and arrested Jefferson Lewis at a residence in Alice Springs,” the statement said. NT police commissioner Martin Dole told ABC TV on Friday morning that Lewis had been transported to Darwin by police air wing and was in police custody. He said the move was not for medical reasons but “absolutely in relation to safety concerns – safety concerns for the hospital and medical staff, safety concerns for the police, and lastly safety concerns for Mr Lewis himself”.…

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