Riots erupt over Australian Aboriginal girl’s murder as suspect arrested

Hundreds of protesters clashed with emergency workers in a remote Australian town after police arrested a man suspected of murdering a five-year-old Indigenous girl. The protesters, who gathered at Alice Springs Hospital, threw projectiles, lit fires, and damaged police vehicles, ambulances, and fire trucks. Police used tear gas to disperse the crowd, injuring several officers and medical workers. The violence erupted after the suspect presented himself to police at a town camp in Alice Springs.