Isn't it interesting that the fact they're Christians isn't mentioned once. Surely if they were Muslims, it would've been the primary feature of the story, and the hatemongers would've been trying to stir their favourite pot [the stew of intolerance] yet again...

Interesting that nobody is trying to link this to the entire Christian community of Australia, demanding they condemn it and prevent it and take responsibility for it etc., or use it as a reason for why we should halt Christian immigration...

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Far from the war, beauty pageant sparks violence

Beauty pageants are not usually associated with machete brawls that send blood spilling into the street and young men to hospital or jail.

Would-be beauty queen Nyajime Kong feels only disappointment that Melbourne's Miss South Sudan competition ended up that way.

"I felt pretty bad because we all came from a country where there is still war going on," she said.

"We lost so many people in our lives: most of us lost mothers, fathers, brothers.

"If you left your country to make a better life, why would you want to destroy the opportunity you're given?"

The frivolous glamour of the Miss South Sudan pageant spun into three separate violent outbursts involving young, drunk Sudanese in Melbourne over Easter.

Deyon Machok, 20, and James Makur, 21, yesterday appeared in court charged with 11 counts each of affray and causing serious injury.

They were part of a fight that broke out between two groups early on Tuesday morning. Those involved eventually turned on police, and two officers were attacked.

Mr Machok allegedly used a machete to hack a man who tried to intervene as he was fighting with a friend.

It was the tail end of a long weekend that began with hundreds of Sudanese flocking to Melbourne to watch young girls strut their stuff in traditional, casual and formal attire before answering the all-important question of why they wanted to be Miss South Sudan.

"The guys drink and then they fight," said Nyakor Tut, who won the competition.

"They're used to it, especially in Sudan -- they fight all the time.

"Maybe they're just used to it and are still getting used to the culture here."

Deputy Police Commissioner Ken Jones offered a similar view.

Young refugees from war-torn countries often struggled to adapt to new laws and and ways of living in other countries, he said.

"The youngsters coming out of there have known little else and it does take them a long time to make the transition," he said.

Police are investigating possible links with two other clashes, one at an after-party for the pageant on Sunday at which people were attacked with machetes and bike chains.

There were similar overtones at a Miss Africa competition in Adelaide last year, which led to more than 100 people brawling in the city's main entertainment precinct. Ms Kong, who placed in the top four at Miss South Sudan, said the event itself had gone off without a hitch.

"Everyone was cheering because they were all happy," she said.

She and pageant co-founder Galuak Phillip put the violence down to alcohol and "misunderstandings" among the youths.

"We wanted to bring young people together and help them integrate into Australian society," Mr Phillip said.

"We need to protect ourselves and make sure it doesn't happen again.

"We will try 100 per cent (but) we can't control everything."

"Maybe it's because they're angry at the world," said Ms Kong, who does not know

whether her father in Africa is alive or dead. "They should know better."

Source: The Australian

Doesn't matter what religion these scumbags are, they don't belong here. As South Sudan is now its own country there is no reason for these people to remain in Australia. Let them be returned to where their primitive cultural mores are acceptable.