Source : Perth Now news
Vandals have graffitied another synagogue in Sydney’s inner west overnight, a day after swastikas were sprayed on the Southern Sydney Synagogue in Allawah.
Police were called to a home that was covered with graffiti on Henry St in Queens Park about 6.30am on Saturday.
It was only an hour later they were notified the Newtown Synagogue on Georgina St had also been vandalised.
Offensive comments were also written on a poster at Marrickville Rd in Marrickville, which police allege is a separate incident.
A NSW Police spokesman said an investigation into the incidents has commenced.
“The NSW Police Force takes hate crimes seriously and encourages anyone who is the victim of a hate crime or witnesses a hate crime to report the matter to police,” a spokesman said.
“It is important that the community and police continue to work together to make NSW a safer place for everyone.”
In the early hours of Friday, police discovered swastikas and anti-Semitic slurs had been sprayed on a synagogue in Sydney’s south while they were patrolling the area.
Police released images of the people they allege spray-painted swastikas on the Southern Sydney Synagogue, which was described as a “monstrous act” by Premier Chris Minns.
Southern Sydney Synagogue president George Foster told NewsWire it was distressing, upsetting and created uncertainty in the Jewish community.
“The theory is it may not stop with just graffiti, it could move to violence, which has happened in other countries,” Mr Foster said.
Premier Chris Minns condemned the vandalism, which occurred in his electorate and near his home.
“The Southern Sydney Synagogue was vandalised in a horrifying, hate-filled attack by individuals that have got hate in their hearts, that are determined to divide our community in two,” he said.
“It was a monstrous act, and I think that the painting of a swastika on a Jewish building shows you everything you need to know about how appalling these particular individuals are and what their ultimate aim is when it comes to members of the Jewish community.
“I think it’s disgusting and disgraceful, it’s around the corner from my house and I know that the people that I represent and the community that I live in completely repudiates that kind of horrifying vandalism, that horrifying violence, in our community.”
