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More violence in Sydney

December 12, 2005

A day of racially motivated violence at Cronulla has turned into a night of retaliation along Sydney's southern beaches.

A 23-year-old man was with friends when he was stabbed in the back outside a Woolooware golf club, police said.

Two cars carrying a group of males, described as being of Mediterranean or Middle Eastern appearance, approached the man at about 10.25pm (AEDT) last night.

Following a short conversation, the man was stabbed.

He was taken to hospital in a serious condition.

At about the same time, more than fifty carloads of men, believed to be of Middle Eastern appearance, descended on Maroubra beach.

Wielding baseball bats and metal bars, they smashed cars along Maroubra Road, leaving in their wake a trail of destruction.

Glass littered the streets and almost 100 cars had smashed windscreens and dented side panels.

"It all just seemed to happen at once. There was all this noise and crunching and then they left," said a 16-year-old local girl.

As police moved to contain the violence, more outbreaks surfaced at Bay Street, Brighton Le Sands, where officers in riot gear were called in to contain angry mobs.

"People starting pelting police with bricks and glass," said a 17-year-old local, who wished only to be known as Phil.

Police, armed with plastic shields and dogs, moved a group of young men down a neighbouring street where they got into cars parked at a petrol station.

It's believed police made a number of arrests.

After being ejected from Brighton Le Sands, cars full of youths of Middle Eastern appearance are reported to have descended on the site of yesterday's violence.

Initial reports that a Cronulla local was bashed unconscious after he was grabbed by the occupants of a car are yet to be confirmed.




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