Chinese restaurants in Perth firebombed by Neo-Nazis in forgotten 1980s race-fuelled, ‘guerilla war’


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A few hours before dawn, a car pulls up near the Man Lin Chinese restaurant in a quiet suburban car park. Two men get out and move towards the distinct curved-roof building in the Perth suburb of Karawara. They douse the exterior in petrol before launching a Molotov cocktail at the restaurant, igniting the building in flames. Photos captured in the aftermath show the extent of the damage outside the building. Fire shatters the exterior windows at the rear. Beams in the roof partially collapse and the kitchen surfaces are charred black. Chinese lanterns hanging from the walls melt from...