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| Melbourne police arrest ‘Ghostface’ synagogue vandal |
| 2025-08-26 |
| [IsraelTimes] Police in Melbourne have arrested a 37-year-old man for six separate incidents of graffiti on a synagogue in South Yarra over the course of this year. On several occasions, the man was seen on security cameras spraypainting “offensive phrases” on the Melbourne Hebrew Congregation while wearing a Ghostface mask from the movie Scream, reports say. The Melbourne Crime Investigation Unit charged the man with six accounts of criminal damage and offensive graffiti, as well as five accounts of driving an unregistered motor vehicle and driving without a license, the Victoria Police say. Investigators seized several items allegedly related to the offenses in a search of his home Monday morning. The man is accused of vandalizing the synagogue on March 11, June 21, June 22, July 22, July 30, and August 19, according to the police report. He has been bailed to appear at the Melbourne Magistrates’ Court on November 21. Synagogues have been common targets of attacks as antisemitism skyrockets in Australia. Last week, Australian police said they had arrested a second suspect for an arson attack on Melbourne’s Adass Israel Synagogue in December. Related: Melbourne Hebrew Congregation 07/15/2025 Anonymous video claims Melbourne arson attack on Israel-linked company, threatens workers Melbourne Hebrew Congregation 07/06/2025 Man charged with setting fire to Melbourne synagogue as police probe terror motive Melbourne Hebrew Congregation 07/05/2025 Israeli restaurant attacked, synagogue torched within minutes of each other in Melbourne |
| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #2 Plod Jihad "Such discomfiture! Is it not comic To see Lestrade oddly anomic? Perceive, please, his blush, The red flush of the tush, Complete lack of a rush, This unnatural hush... Yes, his quarry is Adass Israel Synagogue Nice graffiti opportunity for "unnamed congregant." |
| Posted by: Snolung Jones9598 2025-08-26 14:33 |
| #1 The 'unnamed man'. |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2025-08-26 10:08 |