Sydney, New South Wales police and synagogue
The New South Wales Police Commissioner Karen Webb has rejected suggestions that police have failed the Jewish community as investigations continue into the spate of antisemitic attacks in Sydney. Two synagogues and a childcare centre have been targets for arsonists while homes and vehicles have also been torched.
New South Wales Police Minister Yasmin Catley has commended the work of the state police force regarding their investigations into the recent antisemitic attacks across Sydney. Ms Catley revealed an additional 20 officers have been allocated to Strike Force Pearl,
A childcare centre has been set alight and graffitied with anti-Semitic words at Maroubra in Sydney's south-east overnight.
Australia, antisemitic crimes
Police say they are stepping up investigations after building was graffitied with anti-Jewish slogans and then burnt, causing massive damage but no injuries
A synagogue in Sydney was daubed in antisemitic graffiti on Friday, police said, the latest in a spate of incidents targeting Jews in Australia.
Two cars were set on fire, multiple more graffitied with antisemitic slogans, and a house was splashed with paint in a Sydney suburb on Friday, according to statements by the New South Wales Police Force and New South Wales Jewish Board of Deputies, as law enforcement made arrests for a similar November incident.
The building, adjacent to a synagogue and Jewish school, was set on fire and antisemitic slogans were graffitied in is the second antisemitic incident in four days
Nazi symbols have been graffitied onto a politician's billboard in the New South Wales central west.Warning: This story contains an image of a Nazi symbol.Swastikas were on Tuesday found to have been drawn onto promotional material for federal Nationals candidate for Calare,
Detectives in Australia are investigating whether foreign actors paying criminals are behind the recent string of antisemitic attacks.
Australian detectives are investigating whether foreign actors are paying criminals to commit antisemitic attacks in the country, police said.