Footage has emerged of an allegedly stolen black sedan making an illegal turn at a Melbourne CBD intersection, as the occupants yelled antisemitic abuse at a group of pedestrians in traditional Jewish clothing.
A Victoria Police spokesperson told Daily Mail it is investigating several incidents involving the Hyundai, which appears to have been causing havoc in the city after it was allegedly taken from a home on Hawthorn Road, at Caulfield, on Wednesday.
The car was on Glen Eira Rd at St Kilda East, in the city’s inner southeast, on Saturday afternoon, where one man reportedly had to jump back from the roadside as the car swerved toward the sidewalk.
The footage shows the car making a right-hand turn from the wrong lane at the Hotham St intersection and the female occupants appearing to yell ‘f*** Jews’ at the group of Jewish men.
Witnesses claimed the women inside the car also threw eggs at pedestrians, which police are also investigating.
The spokesperson said the car had previously been seen ‘driving erratically in the Hampton, Ripponlea and Caulfield areas’.
She added occupants allegedly ‘shouted offensive remarks, threw eggs and on at least one occasion swerved towards pedestrians’.
‘Whilst some of the offensive language has included antisemitic behaviour, other incidents do not appear targeted to one community group.’
A group of young women in a stolen Hyundai sedan threw eggs and hurled antisemitic abuse at a group of Jewish men (above)
The group of Jewish men were wearing traditional clothing at the intersection of Glen Eira Rd and Hotham St in St Kilda East when the car (above) drove by
The spokesperson said police have not yet spoken to any of the occupants of the vehicle.
‘No one has been physically injured and the occupants fled the scene on each occasion.
‘There is absolutely no place at all in our society for hate-based behaviour and such activity will not be tolerated.’
In January at the same intersection, a group of Jewish teens were nearly mowed down by a white ute.
Jewish leader Elyse Schachna told the Herald Sun her community is tired of living in fear.
‘Does anti-racism only apply to some?’ she said.
‘These are not isolated incidents. This is a pattern.
‘Are Jews now expected to think twice about leaving their homes?’
An investigation into the incidents remains ongoing and anyone with information is asked to contact Crimestoppers.
