An Australian white supremacist who was involved in defacing a Jewish grocery store was sentenced to jail. Damon Paul Blaxall was given a 12-month sentence for being part of the Australian Nationalist Movement, which carried out the attack on the Jewish grocery and another on a Chinese restaurant, Australian media reported. Blaxall previously pleaded guilty to defacing a synagogue.
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