A car displaying a Happy Chanukkah sign was firebombed in the early hours of Christmas morning in an inner Melbourne suburb, police say.
Emergency services were called to a home on Balaclava Drive in St Kilda East just before 3am after a car displaying the mobile billboard had caught fire.
The sign at the top of the billboard referenced Chanukkah, also known as Hanukkah, which is the eight-day Jewish Festival of Lights, Victoria Police said.
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It runs from December 14 to December 22.
No one was in the car though the residents of the house were evacuated as a precaution.
"Police have identified a person who may be able to assist with their investigation," a statement from Victoria Police said.
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Community Security Group (CSG), a group combating antisemitism, confirmed the attack.
"CSG has already been operating at a heightened level with increased patrols, and will continue to do so," it said.
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said it was "another terrible act of suspected antisemitism" in a statement
"There is no place in Australia for this kind of hatred and it has to stop," he said.
Victorian Premier Jacinta Allen said: "This is not what any family, street or community deserves to wake up to on Christmas Day in Australia."
Just over a week ago a terror attack killed 15 people at a Hanukkah festival at Bondi Beach in Sydney.
Anyone with any dashcam vision, CCTV footage or information should contact Crime Stoppers.
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