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Confronting footage has emerged of protesters storming an Indigenous camp in Melbourne after Sunday's "March for Australia" rallies.
Video circulating online shows a group of men wearing black attacking people at Camp Sovereignty, at Kings Domain
The group reportedly included members of the National Socialist Network – leader Thomas Sewell among them.
Four people were injured in the incident after the group arrived at the camp about 5pm on Sunday. Two were hospitalised with severe head injuries.
The footage shows the men tearing down an Aboriginal flag and chanting, "Aussie, Aussie, Aussie, oi oi, oi". Those at Camp Sovereignty responded with "always was, always will be, Aboriginal land".
"Please just leave," a woman can be heard calling out.
"Stop fighting... stop fighting, please."
Camp Sovereignty was first created in 2006 to coincide with the Commonwealth Games and re-established in 2024. It is a burial site with the remains of Indigenous people from 38 clans.
Organisers said Sunday's attack was unprovoked.
"They came armed with poles to attack a group of predominantly women at a peace camp," co-founder Keiran Stewart-Assheton told the ABC.
A colonisation re-enactment group? The Abos had it coming with the trouble they made that day from that camp, the everyday trouble they make and the tax we throw at their 2%!
Confronting footage has emerged of protesters storming an Indigenous camp in Melbourne after Sunday's "March for Australia" rallies.
Video circulating online shows a group of men wearing black attacking people at Camp Sovereignty, at Kings Domain
The group reportedly included members of the National Socialist Network – leader Thomas Sewell among them.
Four people were injured in the incident after the group arrived at the camp about 5pm on Sunday. Two were hospitalised with severe head injuries.
The footage shows the men tearing down an Aboriginal flag and chanting, "Aussie, Aussie, Aussie, oi oi, oi". Those at Camp Sovereignty responded with "always was, always will be, Aboriginal land".
"Please just leave," a woman can be heard calling out.
"Stop fighting... stop fighting, please."
Camp Sovereignty was first created in 2006 to coincide with the Commonwealth Games and re-established in 2024. It is a burial site with the remains of Indigenous people from 38 clans.
Organisers said Sunday's attack was unprovoked.
"They came armed with poles to attack a group of predominantly women at a peace camp," co-founder Keiran Stewart-Assheton told the ABC.
A colonisation re-enactment group? The Abos had it coming with the trouble they made that day from that camp, the everyday trouble they make and the tax we throw at their 2%!
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