{"id":7661,"date":"2026-05-01T04:13:03","date_gmt":"2026-05-01T04:13:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/8657085.xyz\/?p=7661"},"modified":"2026-05-01T04:13:03","modified_gmt":"2026-05-01T04:13:03","slug":"clashes-erupt-in-australian-town-over-death-of-indigenous-girl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/8657085.xyz\/?p=7661","title":{"rendered":"Clashes erupt in Australian town over death of Indigenous girl"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <div style=\"display: grid; grid-template-columns: 300px 160px; gap: 2px; width: 460px; background: #eee; padding: 2px;\">\r\n\r\n  <!-- \u6574\u884c\u5bbd\u5e7f\u544a -->\r\n  <div style=\"grid-column: 1\/-1; width: 460px; height: 250px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876674\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n  <div style=\"grid-column: 1\/-1; 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And just let me say that the behaviour that we saw last night cannot be explained away, excused or accepted.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Dole said \u201ca number\u201d of police were injured at the hospital, and one officer was treated for a head wound inflicted during the suspect\u2019s arrest.<\/p>\n<p>Ambulance and fire crew members were also attacked, he said, with one fire and rescue officer receiving a \u201csignificant facial injury\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 \u2018Sorry business\u2019 \u2013<\/p>\n<p>One woman was being investigated for allegedly trying to set a police car alight.<\/p>\n<p>Many people outside the hospital shouted that Lewis must face \u201cpayback\u201d, public broadcaster ABC reported, referring to a traditional punishment in central Australian Indigenous communities.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI just call for calm across the community,\u201d Dole said.<\/p>\n<p>Police said they removed Lewis for his safety from hospital to the Northern Territory capital of Darwin, where he was being held in custody.<\/p>\n<p>He is expected to face charges in the coming days.<\/p>\n<p>Northern Territory Chief Minister Lia Finocchiaro said the girl\u2019s death was the realisation of \u201cour worst nightmares\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>But it was no excuse for violence, she said, recalling how the community had united to search for the missing child.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis week, we\u2019ve seen this town come together like never before \u2014 hundreds of people walking shoulder to shoulder through the long buffel grass, through the bush, to make sure we left no stone unturned,\u201d Finocchiaro said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t want last night to take away from that extraordinary effort.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Robin Granites, a spokesman for the family and an elder of the Warlpiri Indigenous group, called for calm in the community.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is time now for sorry business, to show respect for our family and have space for grieving and remembering,\u201d he said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe need to be strong for each other, we must respect family and cultural practice.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!-- \u603b\u5bb9\u5668\uff1a\u6700\u5927\u5bbd908px Grid\u7d27\u51d1\u5e03\u5c40 -->\r\n<div style=\"display: grid; 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