SYDNEY: A 23-year-old man has been charged by police of Australia's state of New South Wales (NSW) over several antisemitic graffiti offences in Sydney's eastern suburbs.
NSW Police said in a statement on Wednesday evening (March 26) that police received reports on Feb. 2 that multiple vehicles, garages and walls had been damaged with offensive graffiti at Kingsford and Randwick in eastern Sydney.
Officers attached to Strike Force Pearl, a task force set up in December 2024 in response to a surge in antisemitic incidents across NSW, on Wednesday executed a search warrant at a home in Daceyville, a suburb in eastern Sydney, with the assistance of the Public Order and Riot Squad.
A 23-year-old man was arrested and taken to police station. He was charged with two counts of "destroy or damage property" in company. - Xinhua
