Pro-Palestine vandals post footage of brazen attack on office of Victorian deputy premier Ben Carroll

Footage has emerged of pro-Palestinian vandals attacking the office of deputy premier Ben Carroll as a probe into a protest outside Victoria parliament is launched.

Footage has emerged of a brazen attack on deputy premier Ben Carroll’s office by pro-Palestine vandals.

In the video masked protesters record themselves as they spray paint the front windows of Ben Carroll’s Niddrie office and tag it with the words “blood on your hands”.

The footage, posted on X on Thursday morning, comes after a mass protest at Parliament House on Wednesday night.

Protesters gathered along Spring St to watch a live stream of the upper house where a Greens petition was being debated over the ongoing conflict in the Middle East and the Allan government’s signing of a memorandum of understanding with the Israel Ministry of Defense in December 2022.

Australian activists mark the 76th anniversary of Nakba by painting Deputy Premier of Victoria Ben Carroll's office red and leaving the message "BLOOD ON YOUR HAND," protesting the Parliament's complicity with Israel.🔻🇵🇸 pic.twitter.com/r8Ni8tSAKM

— PALESTINE ONLINE 🇵🇸 (@OnlinePalEng) May 15, 2024

Chaos erupted as members of the upper house, except for Labor MPs, debated the petition.

Multiple MPs said they became fearful for their personal safety, with heightened concerns about Legalise Cannabis MP David Ettershank who called for a two state solution.

“We were worried Ettershank would go outside not realising the crowd had turned against him and be hurt,” one upper house MP said.

“The Greens frothed themselves up into an emotional frenzy.”

A pro-Palestinian vandal on the roof of Ben Caroll’s office. Picture: Supplied.

Upper house President Shaun Leane has launched an investigation to determine if and how the parliament’s private feed of proceedings was broadcast.

“In short, it’s getting aggressive in there,” an MP said.

Mr Carroll’s office was one of three buildings vandalised targeted by graffiti vandals overnight Tuesday as police probe whether the incidents are related.

In the first incident, a group of vandals is alleged to have graffitied the front of a premises on Harbour Esplanade just after 4am Wednesday

It’s believed Mr Carroll’s office was covered in red paint about 4.30am, 15 minutes before the ABC building in Southbank was then targeted with graffiti that read “The ABC enables genocide”.

Two people were arrested in Southbank shortly after that incident.

I urge everyone to please be civil, and to remember what makes Victoria such a strong state is our diversity, our harmony.

We all deserve to feel safe. Always.

Hate has no place in Victoria.

Grateful that none of my staff were present as they’re entitled to feel safe at work. https://t.co/r1kS6v2PXz

— Ben Carroll (@BenCarrollMP) May 14, 2024

Mr Carroll condemned the attack on his office, saying “hate has no place in Victoria”.

“I urge everyone to please be civil, and to remember what makes Victoria such a strong state is our diversity, our harmony,” the wrote on X.

“We all deserve to feel safe. Always. Grateful that none of my staff were present as they’re entitled to feel safe at work.”

Anyone who witnessed the incidents, or has any CCTV footage, is urged to contact Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000.