Canberra, Dec 30 : The old parliament building in Australia’s capital Canberra was on Thursday set ablaze by protesters during a demonstration for Aboriginal sovereignty, police said.
No causalities have been caused by the incident.
The indigenous people have been staging protest for past 14 days in the lead-up to the 50th anniversary of the formation of Aboriginal Tent Embassy on the old Parliament’s front lawns.
According to BBC report, the tent embassy was a protest occupation site that launched national discussion about indigenous land rights.
Condemning the violence, Prime Minister of the country Scott Morrison said, “This is not how Australia works. I am disgusted and appalled by behaviour that would see Australians come and set fire to such a symbol of democracy in this country.”
“Setting fire to a building is not a lawful protest, it is a crime and a serious one,” tweeted the deputy prime minister Barnaby Joyce.
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