Burial for holy books damaged at firebombed synagogue
Hundreds of members of the Jewish community have gathered for a sacred and “emotional” ceremony at the Adass Israel Synagogue as they buried irreplaceable artefacts.
Police & Courts Victoria
Two men in hospital after knife fight at Werribee station
Witnesses have reported seeing two young men “covered in blood” after a suspected knife fight at Werribee train station on Tuesday afternoon.
Heavily armed police, negotiators swarm house in Heidelberg West
Police negotiators and tactical response units have surrounded a house on the corner of Bell St and Liberty Parade, sparking a three-hour stand-off with a man inside.
Push to review assisted dying eligibility as denials spark suicides
A coroner has called for an overhaul of the requirements to access Voluntary Assisted Dying in Victoria after an alarming number of people took their own lives when being found ineligible.
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Traders join forces as machete-wielding gang sweeps smoke shops
Masked intruders have carried out four more terrifying tobacco robberies amid a surge in gang smoke heists ordered by older criminals. Now traders are banding together to stave off thefts.
Port Phillip Prison staff to walk off job over failed pay negotiations
About 100 staff are expected to abandon their posts at Victoria’s biggest maximum security jail over the next day as they fight for better pay and work conditions.
‘I’ve been on the radar’: Lynn was ‘paranoid’ his secret would get out
Accused high country killer Greg Lynn told police he knew he was on their radar and felt like he was on The Truman Show after people took a “very unusual interest in me” as media interest in the missing campers case intensified.
Lovesick Melbourne man ‘catfished’ into smuggling meth
Hope of finding love online led to an innocent elderly man Melbourne’s outer suburbs becoming the centre of a federal probe into a meth smuggling ring. This is why authorities say anyone could be next.
Protesters dump pile of rubble in CBD ‘bomb site’
Police have slammed Pro-Palestine activists for staging a fake war scene with replica bomb site, fake bodies and a fake medic tent at the intersection of Flinders and Swanston streets.
Gang links to medical clinics dishing out steroids, bootleg Ozempic
Several rogue medical clinics in Melbourne have become one-stop shops for steroids and diet drugs as organised crime gangs look to cash in on the supplements boom.
Lexus driver feared she’d be raped or killed by alleged carjacker teens
A woman has claimed she was hurled from her Lexus by machete-wielding teens in a terrifying carjacking in Melbourne’s west, with one threatening to kill her.
Illegal tobacco will replace regular smokes: Supermarket boss
The head of one of Australia’s biggest supermarket chains says illegal tobacco is on track to completely replace lawful cigarettes, while fuelling an organised crime boom in Melbourne.
How gangsters’ families became fair game as underworld code destroyed
A spate of violence has put the families of gangland heavy hitters in the crossfire and torn an unwritten code to shreds — and it’s all down to the lure of big money.
Customer assaulted as machete-wielding gang storm supermarkets
A gang of masked cigarette bandits are on the run after robbing two IGA stores in Melbourne’s southeast, assaulting a customer and fleeing with stolen goods.
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