US Consulate Targeted by Pro-Palestinian Activists in Melbourne

Published on May 31, 2024

Pro-Palestinian activists have vandalised the United States Consulate and multiple Labor parliamentarians in the Australian state of Victoria. The phrases “Glory to the Martyrs” and “Free Gaza” were graffitied on the U.S. Consulate General building on St. Kilda Road in Melbourne, accompanied by broken windows. Government Services Minister Bill Shorten and Attorney General Mark Dreyfus were among Labor politicians affected. Victorian Police are continuing to investigate after the vandalism allegedly took place in the early hours of the morning of May 31. A Victorian Police spokesperson told the Epoch Times that no arrests had been made at this stage. At Mr. Shorten’s office, the phrase, “Bill blood on your hands 40,000 dead” and “you are complicit in genocide” were seen in images of the incident....

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