SYDNEY - Twenty-five people were treated for various injuries and 16 others were arrested at race riots on Sydney’s Cronulla beach.
Islamic and political leaders condemned the violence, which was launched by mobs of youths who attacked people of Middle Eastern appearance on Cronulla beach in south Sydney on Sunday.
Over 5,000 fed up and angry people gathered at the beach after email and mobile phone messages called on local residents to beat-up "Lebs and wogs" — racial slurs for people of Lebanese and Middle Eastern origin.
The angry outbreak of mob violence followed a cowardly assault by a group of Middle Eastern men on two defenceless volunteer lifeguards the previous week. Chanting "No more Lebs" and "Aussie, Aussie, Aussie … Oi, Oi, Oi", mobs of angry and determined young men waving Australian flags attacked anyone of Middle Eastern background.
Later on there were reports that a vicious gang of some 60 Middle Eastern men launched a series of apparent revenge attacks in nearby suburbs, smashing more than 40 vehicles with baseball bats and stabbing two unarmed defenseless youths.
Police expect more outbreaks of racist violence as the word of Sunday’s violent race riots spread to other Sydney suburbs.
The photo of the cop selling beer (its been altered) was sent in by a reader for a bit of a laugh.
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