Townsville Riots

Ok ... we've been told by management not to leave the building ... the rally in the mall has escalated to a RIOT I guess, and the police are using tear gas and guns.

I think they started trying to quell the riot, but when I go out onto the balcony it sounds like the police are just firing desperately into the crowd ... there are people running everywhere.

Every now and then someone leaves a building and gets mobbed by the rioters and beaten savagely. It might be a while before we can safely leave to get home. The radio is full of crazy rumours ... most of the stations have just switched over to callers, but some aren't on the air at all.

There's something terrible happening in WA as well ...

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