Offensive graffiti targets cars and buildings in Sydney's east, Strike Force Pearl investigates antisemitic incidents

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There’s been more offensive graffiti spray-painted on cars and residential buildings in Sydney's east overnight. Police were called to streets in Randwick and Kingsford this morning. Crime scenes have been established at both locations, and Strike Force Pearl, tasked with tackling recent antisemitic behaviour in Sydney, is investigating.

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00:00A number of vehicles, houses, garage doors were sprayed with highly offensive anti-Semitic

00:10graffiti.

00:11I currently have with Central Metropolitan Region and also Strike Force Pearl investigators,

00:17about 20 investigators on the ground now investigating those matters and we're making some headway

00:23in relation to that.

00:25I also want to bring your attention to a motor vehicle collision that occurred in Rose Bay

00:31last night around 10 o'clock.

00:34A silver Mazda crashed into a kerb there, three young people, three young males to camp

00:42from that vehicle.

00:44Police set up a perimeter with the dog squad, unfortunately we were unable to locate those

00:51particular individuals last night.

00:53But in that car we found a carton full of eggs, a jerry can which was empty, so we commenced

01:02investigations in relation to that vehicle last night.

01:05We also found the keys in the ignition with the engine running.

01:09About 12.30 today we then had a report by a number of young ladies who were at Bondi

01:16Beach last night.

01:19They were set upon by what we believe is the individuals from that silver Mazda and

01:25a number of eggs were thrown at them in and around Bondi Beach at about 9.30, so about

01:30half an hour before that vehicle was found by police in Plummer Road at Rose Bay.

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