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Collected Item: “Jewish Melbourne: 'Police raid ultra-Orthodox prayer group above store in Ripponlea'”

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Jewish Melbourne: 'Police raid ultra-Orthodox prayer group above store in Ripponlea'

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report in The Age, by Paul Sakkal: "Police raided an ultra-Orthodox Jewish prayer group in Melbourne’s inner-east on Thursday morning where a group of at least 10 men were praying in contravention of social-distancing rules.
Just after 11am, about 10 police vehicles swooped on an apartment above an IGA store in Glen Eira Road, Ripponlea."

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https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/police-raid-ultra-orthodox-prayer-group-above-store-in-ripponlea-20200409-p54im0.html

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The Age

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2020-04-09
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