Police in Alice Springs fired rubber bullets and tear gas to disperse an angry crowd demanding justice.

The tradition, dating back thousands of years, is used by Indigenous Australians to greet visitors to their ancestral lands.

The police are seeking a man who was last seen holding hands with the 5-year-old girl on Saturday night near Alice Springs.

A Jewish security group told police an attack on the community was “likely” because of heightened antisemitism, days before December’s mass shooting in Sydney.