Wednesday, June 29, 2016 9:29:41 AM
Police release CCTV of two separate anti-Islamic attacks in WA's south east
A 4WD engulfed in flames outside the Thornlie Mosque.
Photo: Supplied
Firefighters on the scene outside the mosque.
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[ http://www.watoday.com.au/wa-news/whats-perth-coming-to-burning-vehicle-and-antiislam-graffiti-outside-perth-mosque-20160628-gpu3mr.html ]
CCTV Footage showing one of person fleeing the scene of a petrol bomb attack at a Perth mosque.
Photo: WA Police
There are concerns violent anti-Islam incidents are increasing in Perth.
ABC News: Kimberley Howie
[ http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-06-29/ethnic-communities-council-warns-of-escalation-violence/7555034 ]
By James Mooney
June 29 2016 - 5:02PM
WA Police have released CCTV footage of two separate anti-Islamic attacks in Perth's south east as fears grow the incidents are linked.
On Tuesday night a car parked outside a Thornlie mosque was set on fire [ http://www.watoday.com.au/wa-news/whats-perth-coming-to-burning-vehicle-and-antiislam-graffiti-outside-perth-mosque-20160628-gpu3mr.html ], as worshippers prayed inside, and 'f--k Islam' was graffitied on a nearby wall.
Now police have confirmed the attack follows a separate incident at a Southern River mosque on Saturday, in which a pig's head was left near the main entrance along with similar graffiti.
During a media conference, in which police released CCTV footage of three men wearing hoodies in the Thornlie area, Inspector Tony Jeavons said investigations were focused on determining if the attacks were linked.
"It's very disappointing that individuals in the community would commit these criminal acts," he said.
"At this stage investigations are trying to determine whether those two incidents are linked, but I'd like to reassure the West Australian community and particularly the Islamic community that police take these matters very seriously."
It was confirmed that four vehicles - a Toyota Prado, a Honda Legend, a Volkswagen Passat and a Toyota Corolla - were all damaged in Tuesday night's attack.
The Prado was gutted by the fire, which the Department of Fire and Emergency Services was required to extinguish before it spread to other vehicles.
Police also released footage from Saturday of a Nissan Navara driving around a Southern River mosque carpark.
It's believed Saturday's incident happened sometime between 7:30pm and 8:30pm.
Speaking earlier, Australian Islamic College executive principal Abdullah Khan [ http://www.watoday.com.au/wa-news/perth-muslims-greet-lunacy-of-thornlie-crime-with-message-of-friendship-20160629-gpu8y3.html ] said although the spate of attacks were very disheartening they would "go about business as usual".
"We understand that this is a small part of the community," he told Radio 6PR.
"The perpetrators of this attack are not representative of the Australian mainstream community."
Dr Khan said just as the Christian faith preached "turning the other cheek", the Koran said "we will turn an enemy into a friend".
"This is our message of peace and tolerance," he said.
"We will go about business as usual because we understand the aim of these people is to create disharmony and fear. If we bow to that we are supporting their agenda."
It is not the first time that the Southern River mosque has been targeted [ http://www.watoday.com.au/wa-news/muslim-community-says-barnett-must-do-more-to-stamp-out-attacks-20141020-118z81.html ], following an incident in 2014.
There have been several other attacks on WA mosques in recent years. A pigs head was found at a University of WA mosque in December 2015 [ http://www.watoday.com.au/wa-news/pigs-head-left-at-university-of-western-australia-mosque-20151206-glguxn.html ], while a mosque in Rockingham was targeted with paint in 2014 [ http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-11-18/vandals-attack-mosque-at-rockingham-in-wa/5898838 ].
Copyright © 2016 Fairfax Media
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A 4WD engulfed in flames outside the Thornlie Mosque.
Photo: Supplied
Firefighters on the scene outside the mosque.
Photo: Supplied
[ http://www.watoday.com.au/wa-news/whats-perth-coming-to-burning-vehicle-and-antiislam-graffiti-outside-perth-mosque-20160628-gpu3mr.html ]
CCTV Footage showing one of person fleeing the scene of a petrol bomb attack at a Perth mosque.
Photo: WA Police
There are concerns violent anti-Islam incidents are increasing in Perth.
ABC News: Kimberley Howie
[ http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-06-29/ethnic-communities-council-warns-of-escalation-violence/7555034 ]
By James Mooney
June 29 2016 - 5:02PM
WA Police have released CCTV footage of two separate anti-Islamic attacks in Perth's south east as fears grow the incidents are linked.
On Tuesday night a car parked outside a Thornlie mosque was set on fire [ http://www.watoday.com.au/wa-news/whats-perth-coming-to-burning-vehicle-and-antiislam-graffiti-outside-perth-mosque-20160628-gpu3mr.html ], as worshippers prayed inside, and 'f--k Islam' was graffitied on a nearby wall.
Now police have confirmed the attack follows a separate incident at a Southern River mosque on Saturday, in which a pig's head was left near the main entrance along with similar graffiti.
During a media conference, in which police released CCTV footage of three men wearing hoodies in the Thornlie area, Inspector Tony Jeavons said investigations were focused on determining if the attacks were linked.
"It's very disappointing that individuals in the community would commit these criminal acts," he said.
"At this stage investigations are trying to determine whether those two incidents are linked, but I'd like to reassure the West Australian community and particularly the Islamic community that police take these matters very seriously."
It was confirmed that four vehicles - a Toyota Prado, a Honda Legend, a Volkswagen Passat and a Toyota Corolla - were all damaged in Tuesday night's attack.
The Prado was gutted by the fire, which the Department of Fire and Emergency Services was required to extinguish before it spread to other vehicles.
Police also released footage from Saturday of a Nissan Navara driving around a Southern River mosque carpark.
It's believed Saturday's incident happened sometime between 7:30pm and 8:30pm.
Speaking earlier, Australian Islamic College executive principal Abdullah Khan [ http://www.watoday.com.au/wa-news/perth-muslims-greet-lunacy-of-thornlie-crime-with-message-of-friendship-20160629-gpu8y3.html ] said although the spate of attacks were very disheartening they would "go about business as usual".
"We understand that this is a small part of the community," he told Radio 6PR.
"The perpetrators of this attack are not representative of the Australian mainstream community."
Dr Khan said just as the Christian faith preached "turning the other cheek", the Koran said "we will turn an enemy into a friend".
"This is our message of peace and tolerance," he said.
"We will go about business as usual because we understand the aim of these people is to create disharmony and fear. If we bow to that we are supporting their agenda."
It is not the first time that the Southern River mosque has been targeted [ http://www.watoday.com.au/wa-news/muslim-community-says-barnett-must-do-more-to-stamp-out-attacks-20141020-118z81.html ], following an incident in 2014.
There have been several other attacks on WA mosques in recent years. A pigs head was found at a University of WA mosque in December 2015 [ http://www.watoday.com.au/wa-news/pigs-head-left-at-university-of-western-australia-mosque-20151206-glguxn.html ], while a mosque in Rockingham was targeted with paint in 2014 [ http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-11-18/vandals-attack-mosque-at-rockingham-in-wa/5898838 ].
Copyright © 2016 Fairfax Media
http://www.watoday.com.au/wa-news/police-release-cctv-of-two-separate-antiislamic-attacks-in-was-south-east-20160629-gpumu8.html [with embedded video]
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