A man has been charged with murder following the death of a five-year-old girl in Australia.
The body of the girl, who is identified only as Kumanjayi Little Baby, a pseudonym given to her by her family for cultural reasons after her death, was discovered on Thursday following several days of a major police search.
Jefferson Lewis, 47, was charged with her murder on Saturday night and has been scheduled to appear in a Darwin court on Tuesday.
Five people have been arrested over violent riots in Alice Springs sparked by the child’s death.
Northern Territory Police Commissioner Martin Dole announced the charges against Lewis on Sunday morning.
”This remains a deeply distressing matter and our thoughts are firmly with Kumanjayi’s family, loved ones and the wider community that have been deeply impacted by these events,” he said.
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