<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>A woman has been charged with attempted arson after she allegedly set a police car on fire during a riot outside the </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/alice-springs" rel="" target="" title="Alice Springs Hospital"><span>Alice Springs Hospital</span></a><span> on Thursday night.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>A large crowd assembled outside where a man suspected of murdering a five-year-old girl was being treated.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The 47-year-old man, identified by police as Jefferson Lewis, was arrested after the body of a child believed to be Kumanjayi Little Baby was discovered following a five-day search.</span></div></div><div><div id="adspot-mobile-medium"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/kumanjayi-little-baby-alice-springs-indigenous-social-justice-commissioner-katie-kiss-frank-admission/ae0670cf-2699-4864-a959-540104e793a5" rel="" target="" title="'Cannot recall': Indigenous commissioner's telling admission"><strong><span>'Cannot recall': Indigenous commissioner's telling admission</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The violence started late in the evening as the grieving crowd demanded the man be handed over to be dealt with by cultural traditions.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Tear gas was used by police in an effort to disperse protesters.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Lewis has been moved to Darwin in a bid to ease tensions in Alice Springs.</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/national/kumanjayi-little-baby-updates-woman-accused-of-setting-police-car-on-fire-during-alice-springs-riot/4238c101-a9a8-40b4-afb0-5a702ccfab6d" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE: </span></strong><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/body-found-in-search-for-missing-northern-territory-girl/d2aa7d07-20a3-4e85-965b-dcae5f71dd4d" rel="" target="" title="Family of Kumanjayi Little Baby calls for calm to hold in Alice Springs"><strong><span>Family of Kumanjayi Little Baby calls for calm to hold in Alice Springs</span></strong></a><strong></strong></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>During the unrest, police allege a woman used a lighter and dried grass to start a fire beneath a Southern Traffic Operations vehicle.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Officers said a woman was arrested at the scene and the fire was extinguished before it could spread further.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Police allege the vehicle suffered about $20,000 damage.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The woman has been charged with one count of attempt arson and one count of taking part in a riot.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>She remains in custody and is expected to face court next week.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><em><strong><span>For 24/7 crisis support run by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, contact 13YARN (13 92 76).</span></strong></em></div></div>