Melbourne residents confront Hasidim for allegedly breaking lockdown
Videos show locals yelling at ultra-Orthodox Jews leaving a school in the Australian city; Victoria state police says no violation of virus rules
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JTA — Angry residents of Melbourne confronted a group of ultra-Orthodox Jews in the Australian city who appeared to be violating coronavirus lockdown regulations.
A group of Jews who are believed to be part of the Satmar Hasidic group were filmed leaving the Adass Israel School in south Melbourne on Saturday night, the Daily Mail Australia reported.
In videos posted online, residents can be heard shouting at the group and telling them that they were violating the lockdown regulations. In one video, a Jewish man appears to chase a man who was filming the scene.
“These people are breaking corona rules and they’re trying to attack me … they’re trying to attack me,” the cameraman said as he ran.
@SouthwickMP – This is going on in your area. Can you do something? Police didn't seem to do a lot as they're now back at it again today pic.twitter.com/GAE61CGbQk
— DeadPaul (@___deadpaul___) October 11, 2020
Victoria state police told the Daily Mail Australia that there were no breaches of the coronavirus lockdown rules.
Melbourne is under a strict coronavirus lockdown that limits gatherings to five people from two households. Residents are instructed to remain within a three-mile radius of their homes and to only venture outside for exercise, food shopping, work, school, and caregiving.
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