53-Year-Old Woman Arrested for Islamophobic Graffiti Spree

In a related incident, Victoria Police are investigating fresh assaults in Melbourne on two women in hijabs.

Women listen to a local Imam during National Mosque open day at the Werribee Islamic Centre in the suburb of Hoppers Crossing in Melbourne, Australia on October 25, 2014. Luis Ascui/Getty Images

New South Wales (NSW) Police arrested a 53-year-old woman on Feb. 15, for carrying out an anti-Arab graffiti spree over a six month period.

The woman, who scrawled messages like “Arabs are all terrorists,” was charged with nine counts of damaging property including the toilets at the Hornsby Westfield Shopping Centre and CommBank Stadium in Parramatta.