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Police Use Tear Gas Near Alice Springs Hospital

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Police are attempting to subdue approximately 200 people gathered outside the Alice Springs hospital. Before his arrest, Lewis was located at a residence and required medical assistance due to being beaten. During the incident, a police vehicle was set alight and rocks were thrown at officers, who used tear gas and rubber bullets to disperse a crowd. Police have taken a 47-year-old man into custody in Alice Springs, Australia. The man is accused of abducting and killing a five-year-old girl named Kuman Jai Little Baby. The child was reported missing from her home last weekend, which triggered a manhunt. The suspect was the subject of a manhunt following the disappearance. Journalist Gira Kazakov reported being subjected to tear gas while on the scene after 10 p.m. No specific cause for the crowd's anger was stated in the report.

Police are attempting to subdue approximately 200 people gathered outside the Alice Springs hospital. Before his arrest, Lewis was located at a residence and required medical assistance due to being beaten. During the incident, a police vehicle was set alight and rocks were thrown at officers, who used tear gas and rubber bullets to disperse a crowd. Police have taken a 47-year-old man into custody in Alice Springs, Australia. The man is accused of abducting and killing a five-year-old girl named Kuman Jai Little Baby. The child was reported missing from her home last weekend, which triggered a manhunt. The suspect was the subject of a manhunt following the disappearance. Journalist Gira Kazakov reported being subjected to tear gas while on the scene after 10 p.m. No specific cause for the crowd's anger was stated in the report. The unrest occurred as a man, identified as Jefferson Lewis, was being treated for injuries. Hundreds of people gathered at the hospital to demand that police hand over the suspect. The girl had been missing since Saturday night before her body was found yesterday.

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2GB Sydney

“police are trying to subdue around 200 angry people outside the Alice Springs hospital The mob is calling for the death of a 47 year old man”

ABC NewsRadio AU

“Large crowds gathered near Alice Springs Hospital, where it is believed Jefferson Lewis was taken while police officers deployed T-Gas after objects were thrown and a police vehicle was set alive.”

RNZ National

“a man accused of abducting and killing a five-year-old girl in Alice Springs has been taken into custody. The 47-year-old was the subject of a manhunt after Kumanjai Little Baby was reported missing from her home last weekend.”

ABC NewsRadio AU

“Civil unrest has erupted in... following the arrest of Jefferson Lewis, who was wanted over the death of five-year-old Cumanjai Little Baby.”

2GB Sydney

“An angry mob of up to 300 people is gathered outside the Alice Springs Hospital, calling for the death of a 47-year-old man arrested after the death of a 5-year-old girl.”

RNZ National

“this confirmation from police that Jefferson Lewis has been arrested and is accused of her murder.”

RNZ National

“confirmation from police that Jefferson Lewis has been arrested and is accused of her murder. Police said in a statement that he had been located at a residence in appearance of the five-year-old girl in Alice Springs.”

RNZ National

“In Australia, a man accused of abducting and killing a five-year-old girl in Alice Springs has been taken into custody. The 47-year-old was the subject of a manhunt after Kuman Jai Little Baby was reported missing from her home last weekend.”

2GB Sydney

“They were just incredibly angry crowd here today, tolling the just absolutely devastating news in the fire. ... instead of pushed the crowd back using a variety of means firing into the crowd with being bad around the rubber board and also a lot of tear gas.”

2GB Sydney

“hospital, there's been reporting that he really beaten, aggressive him, but something,”

2GB Sydney

“In the Northern Territory, a fired rubber bullets and tear gas into a crowd of protesters as chaos erupted outside Alice Springs Hospital, where a man accused of killing a five-year-old girl is being treated.”

RNZ National

“Police were pelted with rocks, a police car was set on fire, and crowds were tear-gassed.”

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