There's been another graffiti attack in Sydney, this time on the outside of a synagogue in southern Sydney. Swastikas and references to Hitler were spray-painted on the building in the early hours of Friday morning. Police have released CCTV footage of a man they want to speak to as counter terrorism officers join the investigation. A warning this story includes images of Nazi symbols.
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00:00Dressed in black, two hooded figures approach a synagogue in Sydney's south.
00:07Hours later, staff arrive before Friday prayers to find their place of worship covered in hateful messages.
00:13It was something that we were afraid may happen.
00:17Being the child of Holocaust survivors, it brought back images going back to 1933.
00:25The anti-Semitic graffiti was discovered by a police patrol around 4.30 this morning
00:29and it's believed the attack happened shortly before they arrived.
00:33Police are now hoping to speak to the man seen in this security footage.
00:37People who do this sort of thing should realise that we will be out in force to look for them,
00:42we will catch them, we will prosecute them.
00:44It's not the first time their synagogue has been targeted.
00:48Back in 1991, it was attacked by a firebomb which severely damaged the building.
00:53Ever since 1991, I have had to pray in a building with bars on the windows.
01:00The synagogue is in the electorate of Premier Chris Minns, who visited the scene early this morning.
01:05I think it's disgusting and disgraceful. It's around the corner from my house.
01:10We'll continue to put police resourcing into preventing these kinds of acts of hate-filled vandalism.
01:17It's the latest in a series of graffiti attacks across Sydney.
01:21Earlier this week, a car was spray-painted with an anti-Semitic phrase at Queen's Park
01:26and last month, anti-Israel graffiti was sprayed across several properties in Woollahra.
01:31There is no place in Australia, our tolerant multicultural community, for this sort of criminal activity.
01:39For Dr Foster, there's only one way forward.
01:42They're not going to beat us, we're just going to keep going.
01:46Anyone who noticed any suspicious activity in the area is urged to contact police.