The suspect in the killing of a five-year-old girl has been transferred to an undisclosed location for safety in Darwin, after riots broke out outside Alice Springs hospital.
Communities in the Red Centre appeared to heed Indigenous elders’ call for restraint as the region remained calm overnight.
47-year-old Jefferson Lewis is accused of murdering Kumanjayi Little Baby and is expected to be charged.
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