Sydney —
Violent crowds clashed with police outside a hospital in the remote Australian outback town Thursday night as they demanded authorities’ hand over an accused child-killer.
Dramatic footage showed police officers dodging rocks and sticks while rioters smashed police cars and set a police van on fire. Officers can be seen shooting rounds of tear gas at the crowd, with some smoking canisters picked up and thrown back.
“Absolute anarchy” was how Northern Territory Police Commissioner Martin Dole described the scene in Alice Springs, considered the gateway to the Uluru, formerly Ayres Rock, in the desert heart of of the country.
Jefferson Lewis, 47, was…