Police have identified two suspects after antisemitic abuse was allegedly hurled at a group of Jewish teenagers in Melbourne’s south on Monday night.
Footage shared on social media shows five boys on the corner of Glen Eira Road and Hotham Street in Ripponlea just before 10pm when a white ute approaches.
A spokesperson for Victoria Police said occupants of the vehicle allegedly yelled antisemitic abuse and stopped a short distance away.
The teenagers ran across the road, before the ute did a U-turn and cuts off other traffic to follow them down another street. The CCTV footage posted online has no audio.
Chayim Klein, the father of one of the teenage boys targeted in the video, said his son alleged those inside the car yelled “Heil Hitler” and performed Nazi salutes.
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The vehicle continued to follow the children, Klein said, and one of the occupants allegedly threatened to stab them.
“They are all very shaken up,” he told this masthead.
On Tuesday afternoon, police said detectives had identified two persons of interest and were following up “a number of avenues of enquiry”.
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