A Melbourne walking track has been sprayed with anti-Semitic graffiti, two months after similar hits on a nearby business and public spaces.
Swastikas and anti-Jewish messages were scrawled on buildings and electricity boxes along Gardiners Creek Trail, which runs along the Glen Waverley Line, near Holmesglen station on Monday.
“Gas the kikes” was written in large red lettering along a fence.
“F— Jew scum” was plastered on an electricity box.
The threatening Chadstone graffiti has been labelled “repugnant” by the leader of a peak Jewish body.
“This repugnant Nazi graffiti, calling for the murder of Jews, is an assault on all Victorians and is meant to traumatise and create a climate of fear,” Dr Dvir Abramovich of the Anti-Defamation Commission said.
“There is something very troubling and unsettling happening in our state and it’s important to remember that whenever such despicable incidents happen, there is a chilling emotional damage on all community members.
“We must send the message to those who seek to sow the seeds of division and menace that they will not succeed.
He called on the government and councils to do more to stop the scourge.
“Enough is enough,” Dr Abramovich said.”
Detectives from Monash Crime Investigation Unit detectives are investigating.
Read the article by Tamsin Rose in the Herald Sun.