WATCH: Teen 'eggs' Australian senator over racist comment after Christchurch attack; Twitter hails him as "eggboy"

The boy instantly shot to fame when Australian Senator Fraser Anning was addressing a press conference in Melbourne on Saturday and he smashed an egg onto his head.

Images: Twitter

New Delhi: A teenager has become overnight sensation on the internet after he egged an Australian senator who made an Islamophobic statement after the ghastly Christchurch terror attack. The teenage boy identified as Will Conley, is being hailed by the internet as the “eggboy.” The boy instantly shot to fame when Australian Senator Fraser Anning was addressing a press conference in Melbourne on Saturday and he smashed an egg onto his head.  Soon, hashtags #Eggboy and #EggBoyHero had started trending on Twitter. In the video of the incident that has been going viral on social media, the boy can be seen standing behind the senator and then calmly smacking an egg at the back of his head, while filming the sequence in his phone. However, he could not escape the consequences of his “bold” act. The angry senator brutally thrashed the boy before handing him over to police. As per reports, police are probing the matter in entirety for both the boy’s and Anning’s role in the incident. While many netizens hailed the boy as their hero for braving up to the senator’s remarks, many expressed anger over the aggression shown to the teen by the senator’s men. The senator had blamed immigrant Muslims in New Zealand as the reason behind the terror attack. Here is the video tweeted by Melbourne's Nine News media:

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

After the incident, #Eggboy was widely cheered for on the internet. Check tweets here:

This is what Fraser Anning’s right-wing lads did to the boy. #auspol #FraserAnning pic.twitter.com/sJNzRLppG5

— Paul Barry (@TheRealPBarry) March 16, 2019

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

Curb your Islamophobia#EGGBOY ♥ pic.twitter.com/orJeFfb7bZ

— mohamed ElDakdouky (@M_ElDakdouky) March 17, 2019

Nice #EggBoy pic.twitter.com/53hizpjQnF

— Jancuk'an_Jiwa (@Irham_Muchamad) March 18, 2019

Buddy, You're an old man, poor man... #FraserAnning #eggboy pic.twitter.com/oFaEl7egOS

— Anıl (@anilemrerd) March 17, 2019

#eggboy will connolly u brave😍😂 pic.twitter.com/TsuaRII5ZN

— Shahajadul Islam (@shahajadul) March 17, 2019

#EggBoy has made headlines around the world and now a street artist has painted a mural of the 17-year-old egging Senator @fraser_anning. The painting went up in Hosier Lane overnight. @9NewsMelb @9NewsAUS pic.twitter.com/vWl4SGicH5

— Sam Cucchiara (@SamCucchiara9) March 18, 2019

PEAK #MELBOURNE... #eggboy is celebrated in Hosier Lane... immortalised forever (or until someone graffitis over him). 🍳 pic.twitter.com/A8EPusmmuA

— Paul Dowsley (@pauldowsley7) March 18, 2019

What a courageous boy #eggboy pic.twitter.com/GX2K6HkbHo

— Ray (@Ray13227572) March 17, 2019

What a courageous boy #eggboy pic.twitter.com/GX2K6HkbHo

— Ray (@Ray13227572) March 17, 2019

What a courageous boy #eggboy pic.twitter.com/GX2K6HkbHo

— Ray (@Ray13227572) March 17, 2019

#EggBoy The Egg after it touched his brain : pic.twitter.com/S1r0OOYgzq

— أسامة الحربي | Osama Alharbi (@Osamab3) March 17, 2019

#eggboy it’s called eggception pic.twitter.com/e8VNaqDrwj

— Md Bariul Islam (@munbips) March 18, 2019