NSW Police are on the search for a pair alleged to have vandalised a Sydney’s Newtown synagogue, which was spray-painted with red swastikas in the early hours of Saturday.

“No one would like or tolerate or put up with this kind of vandalism, this racist vandalism on their house, their place of worship, their school, their community,” Minns said.

Police release images after synagogue attack

NSW Police released CCTV images after graffiti was found sprayed on a synagogue in Sydney’s inner west on Saturday. Credit: Supplied/NSW Police

“It is important that the community knows that we won’t tolerate it. In the last 24 hours, these matters have now been taken over by counterterrorism command under Strike Force Pearl.”

A spate of antisemitic attacks

In December, the Adass Israel Synagogue in Melbourne was firebombed in an attack condemned by Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and other leaders.

“But we are a strong and resilient community which remains unbowed in the face of continued attempts to intimidate and menace us.”