Violence in Australian town after arrest of man over girl's murder

Warning for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers: this article contains references to someone who has died.There has been violence outside an Australian hospital where a man suspected of murdering a five-year-old girl was being treated.Jefferson Lewis was arrested late on Thursday night local time in Alice Springs, after being seen by members of the local community and reportedly attacked.Video shows dozens of people gathering outside the town's hospital, some throwing projectiles, with police using tear gas.The body of the girl, who is identified only as Kumanjayi Little Baby for cultural reasons, was discovered earlier on Thursday.She had last been seen on Saturday, when she was put to bed at an Aboriginal town camp near Alice Springs just before midnight.Australia's national broadcaster, the ABC, reports the crowd of about 400 Aboriginal people outside the hospital yelled that Lewis needed to face "payback" and accused the police of protecting him."Payback" is term for traditional punishment under Aboriginal law in Australia" class="entity-link entity-location" data-entity-id="121437" data-entity-type="location">Central Australia.