SYDNEY : A home in Sydney previously owned by a senior Jewish community leader was vandalised on Friday morning and two cars were set on fire, with one spray painted with an antisemitic slur, Australian authorities said.

A series of antisemitic attacks occurred in Sydney’s Dover Heights. Vehicles were defaced, set alight, and hateful graffiti vandalized a former Jewish community leader’s home. The incidents have led to increased security and government promises to strengthen hate crime laws.

Four vehicles and the former home of a Jewish community leader were defaced in Sydney early Friday, with two cars set alight, in the latest antisemitic attack condemned by Australian authorities, who vowed to “hunt down” the perpetrators.