A 13-year-old girl from Melbourne has been charged with 52 offences, including allegedly shouting antisemitic remarks, throwing eggs, and swerving a stolen car towards Jewish families. Victorian police said the incidents occurred over several days last week across the south-eastern suburbs of Hampton, Ripponlea and Caulfield.
On 25 March, the girl and two other girls are alleged to have shouted “offensive, antisemitic remarks” and thrown eggs at pedestrians. Three days later, the car, allegedly driven by the 13-year-old, swerved towards Jewish families crossing the road in Ripponlea, narrowly missing them. Police said there were no physical injuries and the car, a stolen black Hyundai sedan, fled the scene.
The same girl is also alleged to have been involved in a hit-and-run on a cyclist in Brighton on Monday evening. A 45-year-old man was hospitalised with non-life-threatening injuries after a stolen silver SUV crashed into his bike. The driver fled.
Just after midnight on Tuesday, police said teenagers in a stolen white Volkswagen Golf rammed an e-scooter carrying two people in Elwood, causing them to fall. No medical attention was required. The teens allegedly threatened a passerby who filmed the incident.
Police later spotted the van involved, deployed stop sticks, and arrested three female occupants on Waverley Road. The 13-year-old from the Bayside area faces 52 charges, including reckless conduct endangering serious injury, multiple thefts, and threatening harm on the grounds of a protected attribute. Two other girls, aged 13 and 16, were charged with theft of a motor vehicle and handling stolen goods and bailed to appear in court.
Police condemned the behaviour, stating: “There is absolutely no place at all in our society for hate-based behaviour and such activity will not be tolerated.” Investigations remain ongoing.
