Jewish leader's former home is vandalized in Sydney's latest antisemitic attack
A home in Sydney previously owned by a senior Jewish community leader was vandalized and two cars were set on fire, with one spray-painted with an antisemitic slur, officials said.
SYDNEY — A home in Sydney previously owned by a senior Jewish community leader was vandalized on Friday morning and two cars were set on fire, with one spray-painted with an antisemitic slur, Australian authorities said.
The attack, the third targeting the Jewish community in Sydney in two months, happened on a property once owned by Alex Ryvchin, the co-chief executive of the Executive Council of the Australian Jewry, New South Wales Premier Chris Minns said.
“These are horrifying antisemitic attacks ... it is truly disgusting,” Minns said at a news conference.
“While police can’t categorically at this early stage of the investigation say that the attack and the residence are linked, clearly it would be a massive coincidence if they were not linked.”
Police said the house in the Dover Heights suburb was spray-painted in red. There are no reports of injury.
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