Police have launched an urgent investigation after several cars were damaged, including one set on fire, and anti-Semitic graffiti was sprayed on buildings in Sydney’s east.
Emergency services were called to Magney Street, Woollahra, about 1am on Wednesday after reports of a vehicle on fire.
NSW Fire and Rescue crews worked to extinguish the fire, while police assessed the damage.
Anti-Semitic graffiti was painted on a wall behind a badly burnt car in Woollahra, in Sydney’s east.
An investigation into the attack is underway (pictured, forensic police at the scene examining the burnt-out car)
Another vehicle, two buildings and the footpath along Magney Street were also destroyed.
The vandals spray-painted anti-Semitic graffiti, writing “kill Israel” on the wall behind the burned car.
A crime scene has been established while an investigation into the vandalism is underway.
Police would like to speak to two people who are believed to have been nearby at the time of the vandalism.
They are described as being between 15 and 20 years old, of slim build, wearing face coverings and dark clothing.
Anyone with information is urged to contact Eastern Suburbs Police Area Command or Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000.
It is the second anti-Semitic attack in the same upscale suburb after several cars were vandalized with anti-Israel insults, one of which was also set on fire.
Police found up to a dozen cars graffitied with anti-Israel messages on November 21 after emergency services responded to a burning car.
Several cars, which were parked along Wellington Street, Tara Street, Fullerton Street and Ocean Street, were covered in white spray paint that read “F**k Israel.”
The door of a unit complex on Ocean Street was also painted with anti-Israel slogans.
Celebrity chef Matt Moran’s Chiswick restaurant, co-owned by the Solotel group’s Jewish chief executive Elliot Solomon, was also vandalized.
The letters ‘PKK’ were also seen on several cars and on windows in Chiswick.
PKK could refer to the Kurdistan Workers Party, which some countries, including Australia, have designated a terrorist organization.
It comes after a Jewish human rights organization issued an urgent warning to Jews or Israelis not to travel to Australia following a series of anti-Semitic firebombing attacks in Melbourne.
The Simon Wiesenthal Center issued the warning on Tuesday stating that the advice was “a result of the inability of Australian authorities to address “Persistent demonization, harassment and violence against Jews and Jewish institutions in Australia.”
More to come…