Police investigate vandalism at US consulate in Sydney

HISTORY: :: Police launch investigation into

US consulate in Sydney is vandalised

:: Sydney, Australia

:: June 10, 2024

:: Local media reported that it seemed

be a pro-Palestinian protest

The building in the northern suburbs of Australia’s largest city was attacked and sprayed with paint at around 3am (Sunday, 5pm CET) by a person with a small sledgehammer. According to local media, it was apparently a pro-Palestinian demonstration. Nine windows of the consulate were damaged and the door of the building was sprayed with graffiti, police said.

Footage from the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) showed inverted red triangles spray-painted on the building’s facade, a symbol used by some pro-Palestinian activists, the Sydney Morning Herald reported. The same building was spray-painted with graffiti in April, while the US consulate in Melbourne was spray-painted by pro-Palestinian activists in May, the newspaper said.

Australia has long been a loyal ally of Israel, but has become increasingly critical of Israel’s behavior in the Gaza Strip, where an Australian aid worker was killed in an Israeli attack earlier this year.