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A South Sudanese child soldier turned Australian of the Year has made a series of alarming social media posts in which he appears to celebrate the LA wildfires, called for the destruction of the United States and declared his support for Hamas.
Deng Adut, 41, was crowned NSW Australian of the Year in 2017 in recognition of his work as a defence lawyer in Western Sydney after fleeing his war-torn home country where he was taken from his mother and handed an AK-47 at the age of six.
But Mr Adut has alarmed his followers in recent weeks with a series of increasingly rambling and incoherent posts in which he has taken aim at Israel, Australian politicians, Ukraine and the US, labelling them ‘diseases to mankind’.
He has even suggested he could thrash Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Opposition Leader Peter Dutton in ‘hand to hand combat’.
‘My tongue isn’t worthy of dogs, F*** them,’ he seethed.
One particular concerning post shared on Thursday appears to celebrate the ongoing LA wildfires, which have killed at least seven and razed thousands of homes to the ground.
Branding the US and the United Arab Emirates ‘merchants of death’, he claimed: ‘We are all going to die, so I don’t fear anything.’
He added: ‘American weapons are diseases to mankind.
Deng Adut (pictured), 41, was crowned NSW Australian of the Year in 2017 in recognition of his work as a defence lawyer in Western Sydney after fleeing his war-torn home country where he was torn from his mother and handed an AK-47 at the age of six
One particular concerning post shared on Thursday appears to celebrate the ongoing LA wildfires
The devastating blazes have so far killed seven and razed thousands of people’s homes to the ground (pictured: flames engulf a home in Pasadena, north of LA)
‘I am glad the weather forecast is hell for you. I hope you burn. Burning children in Gaza. Why shouldn’t I celebrate you being burnt by god fire! Free speech!’
He has frequently claimed that ‘time is up’ for the US and President-elect Donald Trump.
‘I am ready to die, now, leave Africa alone dumbass,’ one recent post states.
‘Whatever you did, will come back to you.’
In a post last year he declared that ‘Israel must go’ and declared his support for Hamas, a listed terrorist organisation.
‘No time for killing, and enough is enough. REFUGEE SHOULD BE KILLING INDIGENOUS PEOPLES,’ he wrote.
He added: ‘I am now a pro Russian and Hamas until the day I die. Jewish are safe forever but not people who want to kill people. I am HAMAS now’.
In another post he railed against Germany and Ukraine, adding: ‘Australia doesn’t respect me, so I don’t give a damn about nobody.’
At the height of the civil conflict in South Sudan in the late-1980s, Mr Adut (pictured in recent years) was taken from his mother and handed an AK-47.
His life story was turned into a bestselling biography in 2016 (Pictured: shaking hands with then Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull)
In response to someone querying if he was okay, he claimed to ‘speak for the voiceless’ before going on a rant about Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Leader of the Opposition Peter Dutton (pictured)
In a post last year he declared that ‘Israel must go’ and declared his support for Hamas, a listed terrorist organisation (pictured)
In response to someone querying if he was okay, he claimed to ‘speak for the voiceless’.
‘The little white boy in the parliament house, got a voice to protect Jewish, but not the first nation people,’ he wrote.
‘Do you think, the little PM and racist Dutton could fight me on a hand to hand combat?
‘Hell no! My tongue isn’t worthy of dogs. F*** them.. mate, these dogs needs a doctor.’
In a subsequent response, he claimed he would not ‘bow down to a genocide’.
‘I am capable of worser s*** than genocide,’ he wrote.
‘Everyone will die. Why should I care bro? Not them!’
Mr Adut deleted his Facebook page after being approached by Daily Mail Australia approached for comment.
In another post Mr Adut railed against Germany and Ukraine, adding: ‘Australia doesn’t respect me, so I don’t give a damn about nobody.’
In 2018, this publication revealed that Mr Adut had taken out an AVO against his ex-partner only months after the couple welcomed their first child.
It was later withdrawn and dismissed with Mr Adut saying it was applied for at a ‘time of high emotion’ and he ‘deeply regretted doing it’.
It is unclear if the couple are still together.
Mr Adut’s inspirational journey from immigrant to qualified defence lawyer saw him named 2017 NSW Australian of the Year.
At the height of the civil conflict in South Sudan in the late-1980s, Mr Adut was taken from his mother and handed an AK-47.
Along with thousands of other young boys he became a child soldier, until he finally managed to flee his home country hidden under sacks of corn on the back of a truck in 1995.
After moving through camps across Africa he arrived in Australia in 1998, aged 14.
In 2018, this publication revealed that Mr Adut had taken out an AVO against his ex-partner only months after the couple welcomed their first child (pictured)
Unable to mumble a word of English he has previously spoken of watching children’s band The Wiggles to teach himself the new language.
He became an Australian citizen in 2001, at which time he’d been sleeping in his car and working part-time jobs to survive.
That same year Mr Adut accepted a scholarship at the Western Sydney University and began a TAFE course, going on to complete a degree in law.
He subsequently worked pro bono for many South Sudanese immigrants in Western Sydney.
He is the co-founder and managing partner at the Australian Criminal Law Group based in Sydney.
‘Deng is one of only three criminal lawyers to win the prestigious Law Society President’s medal,’ a profile on the firm’s website states.
His life story was turned into a bestselling biography called Songs of a War Boy in 2016.
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