Growing calls to neo-Nazi leader Thomas Sewell back to New Zealand have sparked a fiery response from the country’s Prime Minister.
Sewell, 32, was allegedly among a group of men dressed in black who stormed Camp Sovereignty in King’s Domain on Sunday afternoon following the March for Australia rally in Melbourne‘s CBD.
Footage showed Sewell and neo-Nazi supporters slashing out at people gathered at the camp, the site of remains of Indigenous people from 38 clans.
There was more chaos two days later when he gatecrashed Victorian Premier Jacinta Allan’s press conference.
Sewell is understood to be an Australian citizen, despite being born in New Zealand.
It prompted Kiwi Prime Minister Christopher Luxon to weigh into the saga, amid growing calls for Sewell to be deported back to New Zealand.
‘He sounds like a pretty awful human being, and he’s an Australian citizen so I’ll let that run it’s course,’ he told reporters in Auckland on Thursday.
Sewell has been charged with a string of offences, including violent disorder, affray, assault by kicking, discharge missile and other offences.
More to come.
