Suspicion: Anti-Semitic attack in Australia
Four men in yarmulkes, one woman, attacked in Sydney, evacuated to hospital with injuries. Police suspect attack anti-Semitic
According to suspicion, eight youths attacked the victims.
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Mr Malcolm Turnbull, the federal Communications Minister, called for zero tolerance of racism following the incident.
``Violence of this kind and, in particular, racist violence, anti-Semitic violence, is completely unacceptable in our society,'' he said.
Hospital spokesman David Faktor said that according to the victims – four men aged 27, 39, 49 and 66 wearing yarmulkes and a 62-year-old woman – there was no provocation on their part. "You certainly don't come to Bondi and expect that," Mr Faktor said. "Maybe in Germany in the 1930s and Russia in the 1970s but, certainly in Sydney, Australia, Bondi, you just don't expect an unprovoked attack," he added.
According to police, two 17-year-olds and a 23-year-old were arrested.
The manager of a nearby hotel said that six of his employees rushed to offer assistance to the victims, managing to stop some of the attackers from fleeing the scene until police arrived.
One of the victims' nose was broken and another suffered concussion.
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