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Australia Probes String of Antisemitic Crimes
Detectives in Australia are investigating whether foreign actors paying criminals are behind the recent string of antisemitic attacks.
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MELBOURNE ā Australian detectives are investigating whether foreign actors are paying criminals to commit antisemitic attacks in the country, police said on Wednesday.
Australia Federal Police Commissioner Reece Kershaw was meeting on Wednesday with state police chiefs to discuss an increase in antisemitic crime in Australia since the war between Israel and Hamas began on Oct. 7, 2023.
āWe believe criminals-for-hire may be behind some incidents,ā Kershaw told reporters in the national capital, Canberra.
āSo part of our inquiries include: Who is paying those criminals, where those people are, whether they are in Australia or offshore, and what their motivation is,ā Kershaw added.
He did not take questions from reporters.
Kershaw told federal and state government leaders on Tuesday in a briefing on antisemitism that detectives were investigating 15 serious allegations of antisemitic crime.
āWe are looking into whether overseas actors or individuals have paid local criminals in Australia to carry out some of these crimes in our suburbs,ā Kershaw said after Tuesdayās meeting.
āWe are looking at ifāor howāthey have been paid, for example in cryptocurrency, which can take longer to identify,ā he added.
Police were also investigating whether young people were involved in antisemitism and if they had been radicalized online and encouraged to commit antisemitic acts, Kershaw said.
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese on Wednesday declined to comment on who might be paying for antisemitic crime in Australia.
āIt is important that people understand where some of these attacks are coming from and it would appear ... that some of these are being perpetrated by people who donāt have a particular issue, arenāt motivated by an ideology, but are paid actors,ā Albanese told reporters.
An arson and graffiti attack on a childcare center near a Sydney synagogue on Tuesday is the latest in a spate of targeted attacks in Australiaās largest cities, Sydney and Melbourne, which are home to 85% of the countryās Jewish population.
The fires and other attacks have targeted buildings, businesses and cars. One person suffered burn injuries in a fire that was set at a Melbourne synagogue in December.
After the childcare center fire, New South Wales Police said the number of detectives working for Strike Force Pearl, which was formed to investigate antisemitic crime, had been doubled from 20 to 40.
Strike Force Pearl detectives arrested a 33-year-old man on Tuesday night and charged him with attempting to burn down a synagogue in the inner-Sydney suburb of Newtown on Jan. 11.
A liquid accelerant burned out without the building catching fire. Red swastikas were also painted on an exterior wall.
Police say the manās alleged accomplice was expected to be arrested soon.
, U.S. entertainment outlet Variety reported that Son Suk Ku and Choi Hee Seo would appear in the upcoming indie movie Bedford Park.
Son Suk Kuās agency Stannum confirmed the news, stating, āIt is true that Son Suk Ku will be appearing in the film.ā Choi Hee Seo also confirmed her involvement by sharing a screenshot of the article on her social media.
Bedford Park is the directorial debut of writer and editor Stephanie Ahn and tells the story of a Korean American woman grappling with the clash between familial loyalty and her personal aspirations and a former wrestler striving to make amends for his troubled past.
This marks the fourth collaboration between Son Suk Ku and Choi Hee Seo. The duo first worked together in the 2014 play Burning Love (literal title) and the 2023 play Army on the Tree (literal title). They also collaborated on the 2021 project Unframed, where they joined forces with actors Park Jung Min and Lee Je Hoon to write and direct a series of short films.
āBedford Parkā is expected to begin production this spring.
Watch Son Suk Ku inĀ his hit film āThe Roundupā below:
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And Choi Hee Seo in āNow, We Are Breaking Upā here:
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