<p class="title">A far-right Australian senator had to be restrained by security officials Saturday after punching a young man protesting his offensive comments about the Christchurch mosque attacks.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Queensland Senator Fraser Anning drew international condemnation for his efforts to blame the attack that killed 49 Muslim worshippers on immigration.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Amid the controversy, an unnamed young man threw an egg at Anning during a press conference in Melbourne, prompting the senator to hit him in the face repeatedly before being stopped by what appeared to be a security guard.</p>.<p class="bodytext">In a statement on Friday, Anning had said the attack which killed 49 Muslim worshippers in the southern New Zealand city was the result of Muslim immigration into the country.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Prime Minister Scott Morrison described Anning's comments as "appalling" and "ugly" with "no place in Australia", as he announced a bipartisan motion of censure would be launched.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Anning was elected in 2017 by a fluke of Australia's proportional voting system, having received only 19 first preference votes.</p>.<p class="bodytext">He is unlikely to be reelected when Australians go to the polls in a vote expected this May.</p>
<p class="title">A far-right Australian senator had to be restrained by security officials Saturday after punching a young man protesting his offensive comments about the Christchurch mosque attacks.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Queensland Senator Fraser Anning drew international condemnation for his efforts to blame the attack that killed 49 Muslim worshippers on immigration.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Amid the controversy, an unnamed young man threw an egg at Anning during a press conference in Melbourne, prompting the senator to hit him in the face repeatedly before being stopped by what appeared to be a security guard.</p>.<p class="bodytext">In a statement on Friday, Anning had said the attack which killed 49 Muslim worshippers in the southern New Zealand city was the result of Muslim immigration into the country.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Prime Minister Scott Morrison described Anning's comments as "appalling" and "ugly" with "no place in Australia", as he announced a bipartisan motion of censure would be launched.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Anning was elected in 2017 by a fluke of Australia's proportional voting system, having received only 19 first preference votes.</p>.<p class="bodytext">He is unlikely to be reelected when Australians go to the polls in a vote expected this May.</p>