Swastika found scratched into window of Jewish bagel shop in Sydney

Swastika found scratched into window of Jewish bagel shop in Sydney Police investigate damage at Lox in a Box, Paddington, latest in string of alleged antisemitic incidents in wake of Hamas attack of 7 October 2023 and Israel’s war in Gaza Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast A swastika has been found etched into the window of a Sydney Jewish bagel and sandwich shop weeks before its opening, prompting police investigations. Police received a report of malicious damage at Lox in a Box, on Oxford Street in Paddington, about 12pm Thursday. Inquiries established that the incident occurred on Saturday 21 March, a spokesperson said. The shop windows had been covered with brown paper after painting, and business owner Candy Berger said she did not discover the Nazi symbol until she removed the covering earlier this week. “Today we wanted to cover it all up again,” she wrote in an Instagram post. “I stood there in shock, thinking about what that symbol represents. What it has meant to my people … I am the granddaughter of a Holocaust survivor, and today felt like a punch that landed deeper than most. Lox in a Box was founded in Bondi and has sites in Coogee and Marrickville. The business had been painting and renovating the Paddington site ahead of its opening on 9 April. The etching is the latest in a string of alleged antisemitic incidents in Sydney’s east in the wake of the Hamas attack on 7 October 2023 and Israel’s war in Gaza. Cars had been set alight and houses vandalised in the area, which is home to many Jewish Australians, before the terrorist shooting that killed 15 at a Bondi beach Hanukah event in December. Another popular Jewish baker, Avner’s in Surry Hills, closed permanently after the terror attack , with a message posted on the shop’s window saying it could no longer ensure the safety of its staff and customers. “In the wake of the pogrom at Bondi one thing has become clear – it...