Ned Kelly’s remains identified

DNA tests conclusively confirm that skeleton belongs to infamous Australian outlaw.

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Australian scientists have identified the remains of Ned Kelly, the country’s most infamous outlaw.

He was hanged in 1880 after being convicted of killing a policeman, and spending years on the run.

Kelly was the subject of the world’s first ever feature film in 1906 and, even today, opinion is split as to whether he was a cold-blooded killer or a folk hero who took a stand against colonial persecution.

But the renegade’s legend lives on, as Al Jazeera’s Andrew Thomas reports from Sydney.

Source: Al Jazeera

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