10-year-olds allegedly targeted by antisemitic abuse at Melbourne Museum
Grade 5 students from Mount Scopus Memorial College, a Jewish school in Burwood, reported that a group of students from an unnamed Melbourne secondary school yelled 'dirty Jews' as the two groups undertook a shared activity at the museum on Thursday.
In a letter to parents, seen by The Age, Mount Scopus deputy principal Greg Hannon described the incident during a school excursion.
'A small group of students from the other school chanted 'free Palestine' towards some of our students,' Hannon wrote.
'Our group leader immediately confronted the senior school educators to address the behaviour of their students.'
Hannon said the primary school students were quickly moved away from the other school group.
He said that Mount Scopus would contact the principal of the high school.
Mount Scopus parent Tristan Sternson said his 10-year-old boy had been subjected to a 'terrifying experience' by the high schoolers, believed to be 16 and 17 years old.
'He and his classmates were targeted by high school students from a different school,' Sternson wrote in an online post.
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