A far-right Australian senator who gained global notoriety when he blamed Muslims for the massacre in New Zealand’s mosques got hit across the back of his head with an egg on Saturday. And it was all caught on camera.

Fraser Anning, an independent who was once part of the anti-immigration One Nation party, was talking to reporters Saturday when cameras caught a 17-year-old man standing behind the politician. The teenager then held up his phone, apparently recording the event and he suddenly slapped a raw egg on the back of Anning’s head. The obviously stunned lawmaker proceeded to twice punch the teenager in the face. Then a brief scuffle breaks out between the pair although bystanders stopped that quite quickly. Supporters then beat and tackled the teenager and aggressively held him in what appears to be a chokehold. The teenager was arrested but later released pending further investigation.

This is the moment an egg is cracked on the head of Australian senator Fraser Anning.



He's been caught in a row after appearing to blame the New Zealand mosque attack on Muslim immigration https://t.co/0mSwlQLfCt pic.twitter.com/Aa0et8ucP3 — ITV News (@itvnews) March 16, 2019

Here’s six morons choking the best person who ever stood in the same room as them.#eggboy pic.twitter.com/N4nnEUrCUb — John Johnsonson (@JohnJohnsonson) March 16, 2019

The teen, who has been identified online as Will Connolly, appears to have filmed a short video after the incident warning people: “Don’t egg politicians.” If you do, he said “You get tackled by thirty bogans at the same time. I learned the hard way. Fuck.”

Our young hero has spoken “don’t egg a politician, you’ll tackled by 30 bogans at the same time, I learnt the hard way. Fuck” 😂 we Stan #Eggboy Will Connolly, nonetheless 🙌🏾 pic.twitter.com/nAUDuKSMP0 — ❂ (@chuseeme) March 16, 2019

Sitting Senator Fraser Anning has been egged by an angry youth. As of the writing of this report, the youth was taken away by Victorian police. The status of the youth is still unknown. #EggBoy #Auspol #FraserAnning #Melbourne #YARD - https://t.co/orNKIh4wlz pic.twitter.com/HgIgykar8C — The Unshackled (@Un_shackled) March 16, 2019

The egging came shortly after Anning was on the receiving end of lots of criticism for his comments following the massacre. “The real cause of the bloodshed on New Zealand streets today is the immigration program which allowed Muslim fanatics to migrate to New Zealand in the first place,” Anning said in a statement. Anning also tweeted: “Does anyone still dispute the link between Muslim immigration and violence?”

Just incredible: As 49 Muslim worshippers lay dead in New Zealand, a sitting Australian senator blames “the immigration program which allowed Muslim fanatics to migrate to New Zealand”. pic.twitter.com/13w7aAK8IR — Jim Sciutto (@jimsciutto) March 15, 2019

Little wonder then that many were quick to celebrate the teenager’s actions on Saturday. An Instagram that appeared to belong to the 17-year-old has been flooded with praise for the #EggBoy. Many on Twitter also celebrated #EggBoy. A fundraising page has already been set up to help the 17-year-old buy “more eggs” as well as for his legal fees.

Hero of the day!

His name is Will Connolly । The #EggBoy



'Sometimes when you see injustice you must speak up.' pic.twitter.com/fCQlrtkgiL — Mujahid Bulbul (@mujahidbulbul) March 16, 2019

EggBoy is the Hero we all need right now!



FYI: This is the Australian Senator who blamed the Mosque attack on the Muslims!#Eggboy



👇🏽pic.twitter.com/UcneyNL7lh — Ryan Hill (@RyanHillMI) March 16, 2019

#eggboy is trending and i must say i've never been happier to see a racist dickcanoe being smashed in the back of the head only to become an aussie legend in my lifepic.twitter.com/sMThC6s4vy — hannah ☽ {nsfr} (@fforeverainn) March 16, 2019