Melbourne, Australia – Stalker of Race Attack Victim Arrested

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    Melbourne, Australia – Police have arrested a man and is expected to be charged for sending death threats to the victim of an anti-semitic attack.

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    Menachem Vorchheimer had been the victim of a bias attack on his way to his synagogue in Caulfield in 2006. At that time he was abused, had his sabbath hat and skull cap snatched off his head and was punched in the eye by drunken men in a mini bus.

    Now police have arrested a man who send threatening anti-semitic mail to Mr Vorchheimer.
    "Included in the material was threatening information with pictures of Jewish people who were dead, as well as threats of killing Jews," Anti-Defamation Commission executive officer Manny Waks told AAP.

    The Police Department executed the search warrant at an undisclosed location in Melbourne and arrested the 40-year-old man, who was interviewed, released and was expected to be charged on summons with stalking and other offences, a spokesman said.

    Mr Waks said there had previously been allegations that someone connected to the police force may have sent the threatening mail because the driver of the bus involved in 2006 was an off-duty policeman.
    But police said the arrested man was not a serving or former Victoria Police member.

    Mr Vorchheimer and his wife and two children moved to New York after the attack and the threatening mail, because they felt insecure after this Mr Waks said.
    "This police action sends a clear message to the community; antisemitism will not be tolerated under any circumstances, no matter how major or minor the incident is," he said.


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