Date: 12/12/05 - NEW text messages, including one declaring war between Sydney's Middle Eastern youths and Australians, are being circulated, after another night of violence at some beachside suburbs...
NEW text messages, including one declaring war between Sydney's Middle Eastern youths and Australians, are being circulated, after another night of violence at some beachside suburbs. More violence erupted in Cronulla and Brighton-Le-Sands in the city's south last night. It followed clashes in Cronulla the previous night. Sixteen people were charged yesterday in relations to Sunday's violence, when a 5000-strong alcohol-fuelled mob, some waving flags and chanting racist slogans, chased and bashed people of Middle Eastern appearance at Cronulla beach. The trouble was sparked by an attack on surf lifesavers at the beach the week before, and text messages calling for retaliation.
New text messages inciting more violence were now being circulated, The Australian newspaper reported today.