Mob Attacks, Riots Over Alleged Child Killer

0:00On May 2nd, a man accused of snatching and killing a five-year-old girl from an indigenous community near Alice Springs is at the center of major, unrest down under. Jefferson Lewis allegedly took the child over the weekend and her body turned up on Thursday. She's being called Kumajai, little baby, due to cultural traditions around naming the dead. Lewis got jumped by a mob and beat none conscious before cops nabbed him later that same day. They rushed him to Alice Springs Hospital for treatment, but things escalated fast from there. Hundreds gathered outside the hospital late Thursday, calling for traditional payback, like spearing or a beating. It turned into a full riot, with police firing rubber bullets and tear gas to break it up. A few cop cars took some damage in the chaos. To keep him safe, hospital staff released Lewis, straight to police, who flew him 1,500 kilometers north to Darwin for lockdown. Charges are coming his way as early as Friday, while tensions simmer in the Outback communities

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