Sydney synagogue defaced with antisemitic graffiti, day after another synagogue vandalized

SYDNEY — A synagogue in Sydney was daubed in antisemitic graffiti, police say on Saturday, a day after the antisemitic vandalism of a separate synagogue in the New South Wales state capital.

Australia has seen a series of antisemitic incidents in the last year, including graffiti on buildings and cars in Sydney, as well as an arson attack on a synagogue in Melbourne that police have ruled as terrorism.

In the latest incident, police say they were notified of graffiti on the synagogue, in the inner suburb of Newtown, early Saturday.

A house in Sydney’s east, a hub of the city’s Jewish community, was also daubed with antisemitic graffiti, police say, adding they are also probing offensive comments on a street poster in the suburb of Marrickville.

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