A riot broke out in a remote Australian town as hundreds clashed with emergency services following the arrest of a man suspected of murdering a five-year-old indigenous girl. Authorities, including the Prime Minister, have appealed for calm after an angry crowd gathered at the hospital where the suspect was taken, reportedly after being beaten unconscious.

Hundreds of protesters clashed with Australian emergency services workers in a remote town following the arrest of a man suspected of murdering a five-year-old indigenous girl, police said on Friday. Australia’s prime minister, the Northern Territory’s police commissioner and a spokesperson for the victim’s family all appealed for calm after an angry crowd of roughly 400 indigenous people gathered on Thursday night at the hospital where ‌the suspect was taken after being beaten unconscious by...