A lately unveiled video captures the dramatic second when a person reportedly drove into the historic Brisbane Synagogue in Australia final Friday night earlier than making a hasty escape.
The person concerned, recognized as a 32-year-old from Sunnybank, stays unnamed. He faces a number of costs, together with willful injury, severe vilification or hate crime, harmful operation of a car, and possession of harmful medicine and drug paraphernalia, as confirmed by Queensland Police.
The incident unfolded shortly after 7:15 p.m. native time when a black Toyota Hilux utility truck rammed into and dismantled the gates of the synagogue located on Margaret Avenue.
Video footage reveals the car initially cruising previous the synagogue, then abruptly halting and reversing into the gates, inflicting one aspect to break down.
The Brisbane Synagogue in Brisbane, Australia. (Google Maps)
Following the affect, the motive force is seen shifting the truck into drive and rushing off in the identical course.
Police shortly tracked down the automobile and took the motive force into custody with out incident.
Nobody was injured throughout the incident, officers mentioned.
A basic view of Brisbane Metropolis Skyline, Australia taken on Monday December 8, 2025. (Robbie Stephenson/PA Photographs through Getty Photographs)
The suspect, who’s believed to have acted alone, is scheduled to look in Brisbane Magistrates Courtroom on Saturday.
Authorities mentioned there isn’t a ongoing menace to the neighborhood.
The incident got here two months after a father and son allegedly carried out Australia’s deadliest terror assault, focusing on a Jewish “Hanukkah by the Sea” celebration at Bondi Seashore on Dec. 14.
Folks go to a floral tribute outdoors the Bondi Pavilion after a mass taking pictures at Bondi Seashore, Dec. 19, in Sydney. (Steve Markham/AP Photograph)
Naveed Akram, 24, and his father, Sajid Akram, 50, are accused of killing 15 individuals and wounding dozens of others.
Sajid Akram was killed, and Naveed Akram was critically injured in a gun battle with police on the scene.
Naveed Akram is charged with one rely of committing a terrorist act, 15 counts of homicide, 40 counts of tried homicide and extra firearms and explosives offenses, in response to the Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions’ web site.
Folks attend a floral memorial in honour of the victims of a mass taking pictures that focused a Hanukkah celebration on Sunday, at Bondi Seashore, in Sydney, Australia, Dec. 16, 2025. (Flavio Brancaleone/Reuters)
Weeks after the bloodbath, police clashed with anti-Israel demonstrators as Israeli President Isaac Herzog visited Australia.
Not less than 27 individuals have been arrested, together with 10 for allegedly assaulting officers, after violence broke out as authorities tried to clear hundreds of protesters gathered close to Sydney’s City Corridor, in response to officers.
Herzog warned of rising antisemitism throughout the go to, calling it a worldwide emergency, and defended Israel’s actions in Gaza when requested concerning the protests.
