CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australia's prime minister on Sunday suggested an anti-Muslim senator should be charged after he slapped a teen who cracked a raw egg over the legislator's head.
Sen. Fraser Anning has been widely condemned for blaming Muslim immigration for racist attacks on two New Zealand mosques that claimed at least 50 lives.
"The incident is being actively investigated by Victoria Police in its entirety," the statement said, including Anning's actions. Anning has now been assigned a federal police security detail, a precaution usually reserved for the prime minister. A GoFundMe page set up to raise 2,000 Australia dollars to pay for Connolly's"legal fees" and"more eggs" had exceeded AU$25,000 on Sunday."Love the spunk of egg boy who puts his egg where we'd like it to be!" donor Val Lehmann-Monck posted.
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