Connolly’s abrupt transformation from anonymous Australian teenager to international sensation began one day after the Christchurch attacks, when Fraser Anning, a far-right Australian senator, who blamed Muslim immigration for the attack, gave a news conference in Melbourne. Connolly, a resident of the city, crept behind the senator and smashed an egg on his head. Anning then struck the teenager twice in the head and the teenager was tackled by the senator’s supporters. Ever since he cracked the egg that divided the nation, Melbourne teenager Will Connolly, better known as #EggBoy, has been both vilified and dubbed the “hero of the Earth”. Australian Senator Fraser Anning has an egg smashed on his head while talking to the media in Victoria, Australia Mar 16, 2019.

Source: bd News24 March 25, 2019 08:15 UTC