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Alleged mastermind behind antisemitic attacks on Sydney childcare centre and Jewish school charged

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Alleged mastermind behind antisemitic attacks on Sydney childcare centre and Jewish school charged

Tarek Zahabe, 27, was charged in July for allegedly orchestrating four attacks in January, along with alleged accomplice Kye Pickering, 26

Police have charged the alleged mastermind behind four antisemitic attacks, including an arson attack on a childcare centre, that came amid a spate of other incidents that rocked Sydney’s Jewish community over the summer.

New South Wales police said on Wednesday that 27-year-old Tarek Zahabe was charged in July for orchestrating four attacks in January. These included vandalising a Jewish school in Maroubra on 30 January, just nine days after he allegedly directed an arson attack on a nearby childcare centre.

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