"Community in Crisis: Elder Pleads for Calm in Alice Springs" Tensions are running high in the Northern Territory town of Alice Springs, after the arrest of a man in connection with the death of a five-year-old Indigenous girl, Kumanjayi Little Baby. The young girl's body was found on Thursday, just 5km from her home in the Old Timers town camp, where she was last seen alive on Saturday night. In a desperate bid to quell the violence and unrest that has gripped the community, the girl's grandfather and a senior Warlpiri elder has appealed for calm, urging residents to return to their traditional ways of resolving conflicts through "sorry business". The elder's plea comes as Northern Territory police confirm that one person is facing charges, with more expected to follow, over the violent confrontation that erupted at Alice Springs hospital on Friday. As the community struggles to come to terms with the tragic loss of a young life, concerns are growing about the escalating situation and the need for calm and peaceful resolution.
Five-year-old’s grandfather and senior Warlpiri elder appeals for calm, saying: ‘It is time now for sorry business’• Warning: This article contains references to and images of Indigenous Australians who have diedNorthern Territory police say one person is facing charges and more are expected over unrest in Alice Springs after the arrest of a man in connection with the death of five-year-old girl.The grandfather of Kumanjayi Little Baby, whose body was found on Thursday 5km from the Old Timers town camp where she was last seen alive on Saturday night, called for calm in the central Australian town on Friday, saying the violent confrontation between police and others at Alice Springs hospital was not “our way”. Continue reading...
