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Breaking: Man with swastika tattooed on leg arrested in Alice Springs
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- NT police have arrested a 25-year-old man for publicly displaying a prohibited Nazi symbol.
- NT Police said it is the first time anyone in the Northern Territory has been charged with the offence of publicly displaying a prohibited Nazi symbol since the federal law was introduced in 2024.
- While the hate speech symbol was first identified in December, Northern Territory Police Acting Commissioner Travis Wurst said it took a five-month investigation for police to finally arrest him yesterday.
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NT police have arrested a 25-year-old man for publicly displaying a prohibited Nazi symbol. (ABC News: Pete Garnish)
Link copied Share Share article A 25-year-old man has been arrested and charged in Alice Springs for displaying a tattoo of a swastika on the back of his leg.
NT Police said it is the first time anyone in the Northern Territory has been charged with the offence of publicly displaying a prohibited Nazi symbol since the federal law was introduced in 2024.
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