There has been violence outside hospital in Alice Springs, where a man suspected of murdering a five-year-old girl is being treated.

There has been violence outside hospital in Alice Springs, where a man suspected of murdering a five-year-old girl is being treated.

Dozens of people gather outside hospital where 47-year-old was being treated five days after the five-year-old girl disappeared

Police and rioters clashed overnight in Australia's remote Alice Springs after the man accused of killing a 5-year-old girl was arrested.

Jefferson Lewis, a 47-year-old man who police say they believe abducted and killed the girl, presented himself to one of the town camps in Alice Springs

Warlpiri girl went missing on Saturday 25 April from a town camp and was found dead five days later

The girl's death sparked an outbreak of violence in the central Australian town from where she disappeared.

Jefferson Lewis, 47, faces a murder charge along with two other offences