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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Penry Buckley

Woman charged after alleged antisemitic abuse at children’s netball game in Sydney

Children leaping for a netball.
The president of Maccabi Netball NSW, Adam Dinte, says the organisation is aware of an alleged ‘deeply distressing’ incident at a children’s game in Maroubra on Saturday. Photograph: Peter Cade/Getty Images

A woman has been charged with using offensive language after alleged antisemitic comments were made at a children’s netball match involving a Jewish-led team in Sydney.

New South Wales police said it was called to netball courts at Heffron Park in Maroubra just after 10am on Saturday, after reports a woman had made offensive comments towards a group of people at an under-12s game between the Maccabi and Saints netball clubs.

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