More likely to offer to pay the shooter's legal costs.
Australian Senator Hit With Egg After Blaming Immigration for Mosque Attacks
An anti-immigration lawmaker in Australia who has been criticized for blaming Muslim immigration for Friday’s New Zealand shootings struck a teenager who smashed an egg on his head in Melbourne on Saturday.
In video footage on the Facebook page of the senator, Fraser Anning, the teenager can be seen approaching him as he speaks to reporters in a southeastern suburb of Melbourne.
The teenager raises a mobile phone in one hand and smashes the egg on the back of Mr. Anning’s head with the other.
In response, Mr. Anning turns and swiftly strikes the young man in the face twice.
A scuffle ensues in which other men tackle the teenager to the ground while swearing at him.
The video shows them holding the teenager on the ground in a chokehold until police officers arrive.
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Mr. Anning said in a statement widely shared on Twitter, “The real cause of bloodshed on New Zealand streets today is the immigration program which allowed Muslim fanatics to migrate to New Zealand in the first place.”
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Mr. Anning, 69, who was elected as a senator from Queensland in 2017, is known for his anti-immigration views and inflammatory remarks.
Last summer, he invoked a Nazi euphemism for genocide when he called for Muslims to be barred from entering Australia, telling Parliament, “The final solution to the immigration problem, of course, is a popular vote.”
On Saturday, people were donating funds online to cover the teenager’s legal fees, the ABC reported, and to help him buy “more eggs.”
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