Police in Sydney have charged two men they believe to be responsible for a string of antisemitic attacks in the city throughout January, including allegedly setting a childcare centre on fire.
During the spate of attacks, which left the local Jewish community shaken, a swastika was graffitied on a synagogue in the city, while red paint was thrown over the former home of Alex Ryvchin, a Jewish author and co-CEO of the Australian Executive Council of Australian Jewry. Four cars were set alight outside the property and on one of the burned-out vehicles, the words "f*** Jews" were graffitied.
The childcare centre, which is popular among local Jews, was vandalised before being set on fire – an act Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese called vile. No one was injured. A Jewish school was then vandalised with antisemitic graffiti just over a week later
New South Wales Police confirmed today that counterterrorism detectives had charged two men in June and July in connection with the acts.
