Senator Fraser Anning responded by punching the 17-year-old teen.
A spokesperson for Victoria police department in Melbourne did not immediately respond to Business Insider's request for comment. However,Video shows New Zealand police carrying heaps of flowers past cordon to lay at mosque where gunman killed 41
Anning came under scrutiny on Friday for making a comment on Twitter in response to the attacks in two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand, where at least 49 people were shot and killed. "The real cause of bloodshed on New Zealand streets today is the immigration program which allowed Muslim fanatics to migrate to New Zealand in the first place," he wrote."Those views have no place in Australia, let alone the Australian parliament," Prime Minister Scott Morrison wrote onAnning is known as a far-right politician in Australia. He was one of only 12 senators who
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