NSW man charged over suspicious fire
A group of 20 people wearing masked and Palestinian Kepfiyeh scarves entered the CBD Israeli restaurant at Miznon at 20.15.
Before the police arrived and arrested a man, the attacker cheers shouted, rubbed with staff and overturned the tables.
The vision from the Miznon incident shows the audience screaming in fear in the hardware of an Israeli entrepreneur. Who encourages a controversial aid group in Gaza.
A damaged car on Saturday and the old graffiti on a wall in Australia in Lovitt Technologies in Greensborough.Credit: Aaron Francis
The police are also investigating a third incident in which three cars were set on fire and that the wall of a business in the northeast of Melbourne was repulsed with graffiti against the Israeli army at 4.30 on Saturday.
The Vandalized Business on the Money Road in Greensborough, Lovitt Technologies Australia is a weapon company with connections with Israel and was previously targeted by protesters who opposed the Israeli army. For a comment, the business was contacted.
Police condemned the events
No one was wounded in any incident and none of them were considered terrorism, but Victoria Police Commander Zorka Dunstan said he would investigate the reasons for those involved in the civil servants on Saturday.
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“Investigation is under the security investigation unit, which is a part of our Anti -Terror Commander. The security investigation unit is investigating issues of violence, Dun said Dunstan.
“We accept that these crimes are disgusting and disgusting, but at this stage we do not declare it a terrorist.
Dunstan claimed that all of the three events were “antisemitism inferences” or anti -Israeli protest, but the researchers have not yet found a connection between them.
“We take all three events seriously. There is no place for any kind of hatred or discrimination in Australia and we condemn it.”
The songs seen from the Eastern Melbourne synagogue after the arson attack on Friday night.
In addition to the important police presence in the CBD for pro -Filestin protests on Sunday, civil servants provide proactive patrols in areas around the attacks.
Prime Minister Anthony Albanian and Prime Minister Jacinta Allan condemned the attacks on Saturday.
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“Antisemitism has no place in Australia, Albania Albania said. “Those who are responsible for these shocking actions must face all the power of the law and my government will provide all the right support to this effort.”
Allan said: “This is a shameful behavior by a coward.
The restaurant targeted after boycott calls
At the same time, when the synagogue was wrong on Friday night, the police said that a mince group of approximately 20 people left a larger anti -police protest on Melbourne CBD and marched to the Israeli restaurant in Hardware Lane, where he cheered aggressive.
An independent photographer at the scene said the group asked the users why they gave money to the restaurant.
The group cheered “IDF to IDF” and “Miznon from Miznon”.
A Miznon personnel organize a prayer ritual before the restaurant is opened on Saturday.Credit: Aaron Francis
Pro -Palestinian protests call For a boycott of Miznon, one of the owners of the Israeli entrepreneur Shahar Segal spokesman The controversial charity group is for Gaza Humanitarian Foundation.
This week, Associated Press reported While the American contractors used live ammunition and stunning hand bombs to protect the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation aid distribution sites, hungry Palestinians tried to eat.
Nina Sanadze, the owner and friend of the Miznon’s owners, went directly to the restaurant after receiving a call on Friday night.
When he arrived, the police blocked the street, and the miznon staff swept the broken glasses and tomato residues thrown into the windows.
Inside, Sanadze said that the staff was “hugging, crying and trembling”. “It was a very, very scary experience.”
When the group arrived, Sanadze said that the managers of the restaurant were trying to çalıştır taking protesters in and pushing the protesters ve and directing the customers behind the restaurant.
“It was difficult for customers to do everything,” he said. “I think the fight started because people were actually trying to stand up and say ‘go’.”
After closing the doors, the Miznon executives apologized to the staff shaken for the ordeal and continued with the usual tradition of Shabat, illuminated the candles, singing Jewish songs and eating Challah.
Police in Miznon on Saturday.Credit: Aaron Francis
Sanadze said, “We weren’t in the mood of food, it was more tradition and flexibility to stand together.”
Sanadze is a mixture of Miznon’s workers and the restaurant. [Israeli Defence Forces] Or anyone there ”.
A 28 -year -old person from Footscray was arrested for blocking the police and he was released on a restaurant incident, ”he said.
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Dunstan said that there was not enough evidence to arrest someone else, but that the identities of the concerned people were recorded as the investigations continued and that the police scanned social media and CCTV images.
Events follow the attack series
The manifestation of the “Death to IDF” was heard last Sunday during the regular anti -Israeli protest in Melbourne’s Bourke Street Shopping Center, and in his controversial performance, Rap duo shouted from the Glastonbury scene in England by Bob Vylan.
In December, the attack follows the fire bomb that broke the Israeli Synagogue in Ripponlea. Anti -Terrorist Police announced later that the attack was included “Rental criminals” and a known underground getaway The car, but they have not yet ruled terrorism or outside.
Dunstan had no more information about this investigation.
Graffiti in the synagogue in Southern Yarra last month.
In a separate incident last month, Vandals targeted a historical synagogue in Southern Yarra.
The attackers used red paint to scribble the “Free Palestine” and “Iran’s Is in Iran, which is located on the main line of a nuclear mushroom cloud in the synagogue on the inheritance list.
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