the 17-year-old Will Connolly returned the favor with an egg in the neck of the right-wing australian senator Fraser Anning, after he Saturday came with controversial statements about Friday's terrorist attack in Christchurch in New Zealand.
the Video, senator - after getting the egg in the neck - angrily lashing out, and assigns the young man two slap in the face, went subsequently virally, and Will Connolly was quickly dubbed the 'Egg Boy' and hailed as a hero.
More fundraising pages were created to support the young australians and help him with the legal expenses and the purchase of 'more eggs'.
On Friday, he was just another Australian high school student. By the end of the weekend, 17-year-old Will Connolly was the international sensation #EggBoy, the prankster who launched a thousand (give or take) memes. https://t.co/qLG9hyWbTo pic.twitter.com/MAOSmIzRXN
— Los Angeles Times (@latimes) March 19, 2019
Now, the largest of these samples were surpassed his goal and rounded the 60,000 australian dollars - equivalent to approximately 280.000 euros.
Australia has a new fearless hero, EggBoy. the
— Bruce Bitmunsch (@BrausHunter) March 17, 2019
He destroys fascist politicians just cracking eggs#eggboy #EggBoyHero #EggBoyForPM pic.twitter.com/9SfndHzDsI
In an update on indsamlingssiden sounds, to 17-year-old Will Connolly 'plan to send the majority of the money to the victims of the Christchurch-attacks'.
The australian prime minister, Scott Morrison, said after the egg-'the attack', he meant 'the full strength' should hit senator Fraser Anning because of the two blows, he assigned the 17-year-olds.
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Fraser Anning, however, has refused to apologise for his statements about the terrorist attack in Christchurch. On Monday, he commented his actions to reporters in Brisbane, writes the New York Times.
- He got a blow to the head, which is what his mother should have given him long ago, because he has not behaved properly, it sounded from the Fraser Anning.
more Than 1.3 million have now contributed to a petition that calls for the senator to withdraw.
'Egg-boy' put even the viral video up on her Twitter profile. Here he wrote, among other things, that 'here is the moment where I felt proud to exist as a human being. Let me inform you all that muslims are not terrorists and terrorism has no religion. All who regard muslims as terrorists is just as tomhjernede as Anning'.
Artist @V_TT_RR (Kevin Rudd's nephew) latest street art in Hosier Lane, Melbourne - #EggBoy v Fraser Anning. pic.twitter.com/AUPAHijBqs
— Alice Workman (@workmanalice) March 17, 2019
Shortly after was Will Connollys account on the social media suspended.
According to the screenshots on the GoFundMe page, he tells to the page create, that he is 'under strict restrictions to limit its postings on social media'.
#eggboy thanks for standing up when the world is showing double standards. pic.twitter.com/w8FpBtFo1G
— mtn group Suri (@ASuri93) March 18, 2019
It is not yet succeeded in the New York Times to get a comment from the 'Egg-boy'.
Will Connolly were arrested after the egg scenario, that started it all. However, he was released shortly after. The police will now investigate more closely, so it is unknown whether Will Connolly will need some of the money for legal expenses.