From 9 News Australia and
A Rabbi’s car displaying Hanukkah decorations has been firebombed in a Christmas morning attack in Melbourne.
The Prime Minister and Jewish leaders have slammed the arson as an act of antisemitism in St Kilda East, as police try to track down the culprits.
The vehicle displaying Hanukkah decorations was set alight about 3am today just metres away from a bedroom with a woman and three young children asleep inside.
The home belongs to a well-known local Rabbi, who is in New York with one of the couple’s children.
He is now scrambling to get home to be with his shaken family who escaped without injury.
“The community is absolutely on edge. This is the last thing we’d want coming off the Bondi attack,” Southwick said. “Bondi Beach is now soaked with Jewish blood. Is that what we are waiting for here in Victoria?”
The resident returned briefly to pick up items for her children but won’t be staying at the home out of fear of what happened.
Police and private security will continue their bolstered patrols.
Police say they have identified a suspect but no arrests have been made.
