Threatening message and petrol found at Sydney home amid arson probe
Police in Sydney are investigating a suspected arson attempt at a family home in Abbotsford, where a driveway was sprayed with a threatening message and covered in petrol. The incident may be linked to organised crime tensions and a nearby house fire, prompting police to increase their response to protect residents.
Emergency services were called to Weddle Avenue shortly before 3.30am on Saturday. Witnesses saw two people leave in a four-wheel drive after a neighbour smelled fuel and shouted; the message read, “Junkie dog. Don’t run your mouth.” Police are examining the scene and whether the incident is connected to a fire two doors away on Tuesday, when an 88-year-old woman was rescued from a balcony, the house was destroyed and four people were treated for smoke inhalation. Police allege a 17-year-old boy involved in that fire suffered severe burns.
In short
- Police are investigating a petrol-covered driveway and threatening message.
- The suspected attempt may be linked to a nearby house fire.
- The earlier fire destroyed a home and injured four people through smoke inhalation.
Explained simply
Arson is the deliberate setting of a fire, and police investigate suspected arson to establish how a fire was started and who may be responsible. Abbotsford is a suburb in Sydney, Australia; Weddle Avenue is the street where the reported incident took place.
Police are also looking into whether the incident is linked to a house fire nearby earlier in the week. That fire destroyed a home and led to an older resident being rescued and several people receiving treatment for smoke inhalation.
The incidents have prompted questions about whether residents may be at risk and whether there is a wider connection, including possible organised crime tensions. Police have not established that the events are linked.
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Originally published by Daily Mail as “Chilling threat scrawled outside Sydney family home before suspected arson attempt: ‘Don’t run your mouth’”.