Police say they will charge people with unrest in Alice Springs after arrest over death of Kumanjayi Little Baby

Northern 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”. Kumanjayi Little Baby, five, was found dead by police search teams on Thursday. Photograph: NT police/AFP/ The town is in deep mourning over the girl’s death of the girl. Police arrested 47-year-old Jefferson Lewis late on Thursday in connection to the child’s disappearance. Authorities had been searching for him since Sunday. The Northern Territory police commissioner, Martin Dole, told reporters in Alice Springs on Friday that Lewis had “presented himself to one of the town camps” on Thursday night. Sign up for the Breaking News Australia email “As a result of presenting himself, members of that town camp decided to inflict vigilante justice upon Jefferson and we received numerous phone calls saying he was in the process of being assaulted,” he said. “We responded very quickly and we stopped that from continuing.” He said Lewis had been subjected to a “sustained attack” and was unconscious when police and ambulance officers arrived. …