'Egg Boy' gets over $40K in donations after egging Australian senator for Islamophobic remarks
"He's the hero that we need but didn't deserve..."
The Internet has scrambled in support of the "Egg Boy" ever since a video of him smacking Australian minister Fraser Anning with an egg surfaced on the web.
The teenager earned the tag after he egged the minister for making Islamophobic comments in the wake of the horrific Christchurch terror attack in New Zealand that left at least 50 people dead.
The incident occurred when Senator Anning, a far-right minister from Australia, was addressing a press conference in Melbourne on Saturday and soon #eggboy became a global trend on Twitter, with fans extending solidarity for the boy.
WATCH: This is the moment Senator Fraser Anning was egged by a teenage boy during a press conference in Melbourne. #9News pic.twitter.com/oePwz3pPH2
— Nine News Melbourne (@9NewsMelb) March 16, 2019
While the Aussie PM Scott Morrison has condemned the minister's controversial remarks and the teen has been since released, someone has now set up a GoFundMe for the "Egg Boy".
The reason?
The "anti-fascist hero" can use the donation for legal fees, and to buy more eggs.
RESPECT FOR YOU #EGGBOY pic.twitter.com/F6IOmYraY8
— Kapten Jake (@ekaprasetya666) March 17, 2019
Titled "Money for EggBoi," the admin of fundraiser wrote, "Our hero EggBoi takes on Fraser Anning, the senator for Queensland that is now despised around the world for comments made after the shooting at a New Zealand mosque."
Australian Senator got an egg slap on his head from a young boy as a punishment on his rude comments about the victims of Christchurch .He is not Muslim but he don't like racism, he only defends of humanity. this little man is a hero in my eyes. #eggboy #ChristchurchTerrorAttack pic.twitter.com/4VTzKzGEN9
— AahilrazaEbrahim (@saahilebrahim9) March 17, 2019
With a goal of $50,000, of which $43,603 has already been raised, the admin also said that the teen plans to send a majority of the money to the victims of the Christchurch terrorist attack.
Earlier, people made cartoons, posters, mashups, and GIFs to express their gratitude towards the "hero".
courtesy: news18.com
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BMTC collects over Rs 19 lakh as fine from those travelling without tickets, occupying ladies seat
Bengaluru (PTI): The Bangalore Metropolitan Transport Corporation (BMTC) has collected over Rs 19 lakh as a penalty from 10,069 passengers who were penalised for travelling without tickets and occupying seats exclusively reserved for ladies in the last three months, officials said on Thursday.
The checking staff of BMTC have intensified checking of buses operated in and around Bengaluru City to detect ticketless travelling by passengers, they said.
According to BMTC, during the months of August, September and October, the checking staff checked 57,219 trips and penalised 8,891 ticketless passengers by collecting Rs 17,96,030 as penalty and 5,268 cases were booked against conductors for their dereliction of duty.
During the same period, they have also penalised 1,178 male passengers for occupying seats exclusively reserved for lady passengers and imposed fines by collecting Rs 1,17,800 in accordance with the KMV (Karnataka Motor Vehicle) Rules of the MV Act of 1988.
"In total, during the months of August, September and October, 10,069 passengers were penalised and Rs 19,13,830 was collected," the BTMC officials stated.
