Australian PM probes teenager detainee abuse

SYDNEY—Australia’s prime minister has called for an investigation into allegations that teenagers were abused at a juvenile detention center in the country’s north.

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull said Tuesday that he would launch a Royal Commission after graphic footage emerged of teens being teargassed and stripped naked at a youth detention center in the Northern Territory.

Royal commissions are Australia’s highest form of inquiry.

The footage aired on the Australian Broadcasting’s investigative program “Four Corners” on Monday.