{"id":262983,"date":"2025-11-04T23:09:10","date_gmt":"2025-11-04T23:09:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/262983\/"},"modified":"2025-11-04T23:09:10","modified_gmt":"2025-11-04T23:09:10","slug":"police-search-for-two-men-believed-responsible-for-melbourne-antisemitic-graffiti-attacks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/262983\/","title":{"rendered":"Police search for two men believed responsible for Melbourne antisemitic graffiti attacks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">Police have released images of two men wanted over a series of antisemitic graffiti attacks in Melbourne earlier this year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">Police believe the men used stencils to spray paint antisemitic signs at eight locations in July.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">The vandalism occurred at six locations in Elsternwick and two in Abbotsford on July 6.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">The attacks were carried out on restaurants, shops and a licensed premises.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">Investigators believe the men were travelling in a blue station wagon with horizontal roof racks.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"A man inspecting graffiti.\" class=\"Image_image__5tFYM ContentImage_image__DQ_cq\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/e28b3bc97441864f0e7fdb834e8a09e8\" loading=\"lazy\" data-component=\"Image\" data-lazy=\"true\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"Typography_base__sj2RP FigureCaption_text__zDxQ5 Typography_sizeMobile12__w_FPC Typography_lineHeightMobile20___U7Vr Typography_regular__WeIG6 Typography_colourInherit__dfnUx\" data-component=\"Typography\">A police forensics officer examines graffiti at Elsternwick in Melbourne&#8217;s south-east on July 6. (ABC News)<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">CCTV images of the men have been released as police continue their investigation into the graffiti attacks.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">One man is perceived to be Caucasian wearing a black bucket hat, black and white balaclava, black and grey checked shirt, black pants and black shoes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">The second man is described as having a solid build and was wearing a black baseball cap, black ski mask, black rain jacket, black top, blue denim jeans, black gloves and black shoes.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"A blue station wagon on CCTV.\" class=\"Image_image__5tFYM ContentImage_image__DQ_cq\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/5858cce9e162b88681028133f971b9ac\" loading=\"lazy\" data-component=\"Image\" data-lazy=\"true\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"Typography_base__sj2RP FigureCaption_text__zDxQ5 Typography_sizeMobile12__w_FPC Typography_lineHeightMobile20___U7Vr Typography_regular__WeIG6 Typography_colourInherit__dfnUx\" data-component=\"Typography\">Police say the men were believed to have been driving a blue station wagon which was captured on CCTV. (Supplied: Victoria Police)<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">Investigators are also looking into criminal damage at Croydon Railway Station in May in which the same stencil was used.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">Anyone with information has been urged to contact CrimeStoppers on 1800 333 000.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Police have released images of two men wanted over a series of antisemitic graffiti attacks in Melbourne earlier&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":262984,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[154215,64,63,37958,44,1158,154216],"class_list":["post-262983","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-australia","tag-antisemitic-graffiti","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-cctv","tag-news","tag-police","tag-vandals"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/262983","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=262983"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/262983\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/262984"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=262983"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=262983"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=262983"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}