Second Night of Racial Violence in Sydney, Australia
Even though this was the second night of racial violence, Australian Prime Minister John Howard refused to call Australians racist.Armed Gangs on Rampage
By Malcolm Brown, Les Kennedy, Jared Wormald and Robert Wainwright
The Sydney Morning Herald
December 13, 2005
SYDNEY erupted in a second night of racial violence last night as Middle Eastern mobs fired shots into the air, attacked women and smashed shops around Cronulla, while up to 600 young men - armed with guns and crowbars - prepared for a battle.
In a terrifying escalation of the conflict, up to 70 cars from Hurstville and possibly Lakemba invaded Cronulla and Brighton-le-Sands to launch revenge attacks, following the vicious attacks by Cronulla locals on people of Middle Eastern appearance on Sunday.
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