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,
Australian detectives are investigating whether foreign actors are paying criminals to commit antisemitic attacks in the country.
An Australian state has committed more police to investigate a spate of antisemitic crimes after a childcare center was torched near a Sydney synagogue.
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
The kindergarten was not a Jewish community facility, but local sources said that there was antisemitic graffiti at the premises.
Investigations are ongoing after a childcare centre in Sydney's south-east was firebombed and a wall was vandalised on Tuesday, which is the latest suspected hate crime in Sydney over the last few months relating to anti-Semitism or anti-Israel sentiment.
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.
A childcare centre has been set alight and graffitied with anti-Semitic words at Maroubra in Sydney's south-east overnight.
A Sydney, Australia childcare center was set on fire and vandalized with anti-Semitic graffiti on Tuesday morning, in the second such incident in four days. The attack took place around 1:00am local time in the city's east, near a Jewish school and synagogue.
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As New South Wales Police investigate an antisemitic attack on a Sydney daycare, Premier Chris Minns has argued police powers are enough to address the incident without invoking a terrorism designation.
Anthony Albanese is reluctant to give detail about claims overseas actors are paying locals to carry out anti-Semitic attacks, as investigations are ongoing.