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Police say 28 arrested, 31 injured in night of racial rioting in Sydney

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SYDNEY, Australia Race riots in Sydney, Australia, have resulted in injuries and arrests.

At one beach, police say thousands of drunken white youths attacked police and people who appeared Middle Eastern.

Twenty-eight people were arrested, and 31 were hurt.

The premier of the state in which Sydney is located said the rioters were "cowardly." He says such behavior is "un-Australian" and has no place in society.

Many of the youths wrapped themselves in Australian flags and chanted racist slurs.

The violence followed reports that youths of Lebanese ancestry were responsible for an attack last weekend on two of the beach's life guards.

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