03:19 EDT, 7 March 2021
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Fears right wing groups breeding out of Melbourne could try on a Capitol Hill-style riot are growing amid an escalation in right-wing activity.
On Monday, police nabbed two men linked to a far right group over a shocking incident that saw a security guard allegedly bashed on a city street.
The disturbing incident comes hot on the heels of increased sightings of neo-Nazi groups congregating en masse in country Victoria.
The disturbing incident comes hot on the heels of increased sightings of neo-Nazi groups congregating en masse in country Victoria and in the heart of Melbourne
Detectives from Victoria Police s Counter Terrorism Command arrested Thomas Sewell, the leader of the National Socialist Network. He is pictured giving Channel 9 reporter Seb Costello the Nazi salute
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Blair Cottrell, a neo-Nazi Australian who terrorist Brenton Tarrant had idolised. Photo / Getty Images
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By: Rohan Smith
At a fruit and vegetable market in Melbourne s southeast, a pony-tailed man brazenly strolled through the stalls wearing an armband featuring the unmistakable hate symbol of Nazi Germany – the swastika.
The man, whose image has been shared with Victoria Police, has not been tracked down.
There is a temptation to assume the Hitler-sympathiser is a fringe-dweller out to make a scene and little else. He most likely is.