Car with Hanukkah sign set ablaze in Melbourne


Police officers patrol near beachgoers on Christmas Day at Bondi Beach in Sydney on Thursday, December 25, 2025. -- Photo by DAVID GRAY / AFP

SYDNEY (AFP): Australian police are investigating a "suspicious fire" after a car carrying a sign celebrating the Jewish festival of Hanukkah was set ablaze Thursday in Melbourne.

The empty car, which had a "Happy Chanukah" sign fixed to the roof, was scorched by the fire while parked in a house driveway, images on national broadcaster ABC television showed.

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