Crowd riots at Australian hospital over 5-year-old's death
AP News • • world
Key Points:
- Jefferson Lewis is accused of abducting and killing a 5-year-old Indigenous girl near Alice Springs, Australia; her body was found on Thursday.
- Lewis was beaten unconscious by a mob before police arrested him at an Indigenous community and took him to Alice Springs Hospital for treatment.
- Hundreds of people rioted outside the hospital demanding traditional payback justice, prompting police to use rubber bullets and tear gas to disperse the crowd.
- Lewis was transferred to Darwin for his safety and is expected to be formally charged on Friday.
