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| South Sudanese-Australian man blames Turnbull and Dutton for 'racial attack' on family | South Sudanese-Australian man blames Turnbull and Dutton for 'racial attack' on family |
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| Queensland police say they are investigating an incident in which a South Sudanese-Australian family say they were followed home, racially abused, and threatened on Thursday afternoon. | Queensland police say they are investigating an incident in which a South Sudanese-Australian family say they were followed home, racially abused, and threatened on Thursday afternoon. |
| Facebook user Dave F Anei uploaded two videos of a violent encounter outside his Brisbane home. | Facebook user Dave F Anei uploaded two videos of a violent encounter outside his Brisbane home. |
| Anei blamed the prime minister, Malcolm Turnbull, and the home affairs minister, Peter Dutton, for creating division and fear through their comments on African youth “gangs” in Victoria. | Anei blamed the prime minister, Malcolm Turnbull, and the home affairs minister, Peter Dutton, for creating division and fear through their comments on African youth “gangs” in Victoria. |
| “Congratulations Mr Prime Minister and your Minister Dutton, you’ve achieved to create division among the community,” Anei said. “But don’t worry I taught him a very good lesson that he will never come across my property again, I’m capable of protecting my home.” | “Congratulations Mr Prime Minister and your Minister Dutton, you’ve achieved to create division among the community,” Anei said. “But don’t worry I taught him a very good lesson that he will never come across my property again, I’m capable of protecting my home.” |
| The video shows a man, standing inside Anei’s front yard, his face up against a screen door. | The video shows a man, standing inside Anei’s front yard, his face up against a screen door. |
| Anei said the man had followed his wife and children home from childcare. | Anei said the man had followed his wife and children home from childcare. |
| The man hurls threats and racial abuse, threatening to tear the door off its hinges and rip “your fucking head off”. | The man hurls threats and racial abuse, threatening to tear the door off its hinges and rip “your fucking head off”. |
| In a second clip, Anei opens his front door, and the man takes off his shirt and approaches him quickly and aggressively. | In a second clip, Anei opens his front door, and the man takes off his shirt and approaches him quickly and aggressively. |
| “What you going to do? What the fuck you going to do?” the man says. | “What you going to do? What the fuck you going to do?” the man says. |
| The video is from Dave F. Anei on Facebook. The guy followed Dave’s wife and two children, on their way home from the childcare centre, and confronted them in their own home. #AfricanGangs pic.twitter.com/MiWzNvEiVQ | The video is from Dave F. Anei on Facebook. The guy followed Dave’s wife and two children, on their way home from the childcare centre, and confronted them in their own home. #AfricanGangs pic.twitter.com/MiWzNvEiVQ |
| The man makes a vague complaint about “your boys” who were carrying knives, but is unable to identify anyone in particular. The confrontation escalates until the man screams in Anei’s face. | The man makes a vague complaint about “your boys” who were carrying knives, but is unable to identify anyone in particular. The confrontation escalates until the man screams in Anei’s face. |
| “I don’t give a fuck who you are, that’s what I’m saying,” he said. “I don’t give a fuck who your African boys are mate. Do you know who us Aussie cunts are, mate? Odin’s Warriors mate, Black fucken Uhlans mate, Finks, Rebels, Odin’s Warriors.” | “I don’t give a fuck who you are, that’s what I’m saying,” he said. “I don’t give a fuck who your African boys are mate. Do you know who us Aussie cunts are, mate? Odin’s Warriors mate, Black fucken Uhlans mate, Finks, Rebels, Odin’s Warriors.” |
| The groups referenced are all outlaw motorcycle gangs. | The groups referenced are all outlaw motorcycle gangs. |
| Remaining calm, the homeowner replies: “Go and look for them, you tell them all of this stuff. I’m here, my family is sitting here. I don’t have any problem with you, you don’t have any problem with me. So please just leave.” | Remaining calm, the homeowner replies: “Go and look for them, you tell them all of this stuff. I’m here, my family is sitting here. I don’t have any problem with you, you don’t have any problem with me. So please just leave.” |
| The video suggests a scuffle then breaks out. | The video suggests a scuffle then breaks out. |
| Queensland police confirmed to Guardian Australia they were investigating the incident and have spoken to the victim. | Queensland police confirmed to Guardian Australia they were investigating the incident and have spoken to the victim. |
| He did not currently wish to make a complaint, police said. | He did not currently wish to make a complaint, police said. |
| It is understood police will speak with Sudanese community leaders and try to convince the man to lodge a formal complaint. | It is understood police will speak with Sudanese community leaders and try to convince the man to lodge a formal complaint. |
| When Guardian Australia contacted Anei, he said he did not wish to comment further. | When Guardian Australia contacted Anei, he said he did not wish to comment further. |
| In his Facebook post, Anei described the incident as a “racial attack”. | In his Facebook post, Anei described the incident as a “racial attack”. |
| “I hold the Prime Minister Malcolm Trumbull and his Minister’s for Home Affairs Peter Dutton full responsibility for this racial attack on my family because they chose to be in the office to serve certain group of Australian communities NOT Australia as a whole country,” Anei said. | “I hold the Prime Minister Malcolm Trumbull and his Minister’s for Home Affairs Peter Dutton full responsibility for this racial attack on my family because they chose to be in the office to serve certain group of Australian communities NOT Australia as a whole country,” Anei said. |
| “Their words was ‘tackle this #Africangang problem’ and ‘people are afraid to go out to restaurants at night’,” he wrote. | “Their words was ‘tackle this #Africangang problem’ and ‘people are afraid to go out to restaurants at night’,” he wrote. |
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