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POLICE are investigating an alleged lynching-style raid on an Aboriginal shanty town near Townsville by white men claiming to be members of the Ku Klux Klan.
Up to 30 men in seven cars reportedly drove into the community for homeless Aborigines on the city's outskirts early on Tuesday morning, threatening to "string up" the residents.
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Legal Service principal solicitor Kevin Rose said yesterday he had been told the raiders, some described as looking like skinheads, threatened to move into the camp and "bash the lot of you".