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Riots erupt in Australia over Indigenous girl’s death as local assault suspect

The Independent·Maroosha Muzaffar·about 1 month ago
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Violence broke out in a remote town in northern Australia after police arrested the main suspect in the murder of a five-year-old Indigenous girl. Jefferson Lewis, 47, was arrested late on Thursday night local time in Alice Springs . The young girl, referred to by her family as Kumanjayi Little Baby in line with Indigenous customs, was reported missing from her central Australian home late on Saturday. Authorities located the body, believed to be hers, shortly before midday on Thursday, about 5km south of the original crime scene. Local reports said a crowd attacked Mr Lewis when he appeared in a local community and beat him unconscious before police intervened. Police said they had long suspected that Lewis received assistance from people in the community before he appeared at a town camp. “For him to be able to appear in Alice Springs last night just confirms to us that he was getting support from somebody,” police commissioner Martin Dole of the Northern Territory said.…

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