Queensland house burned down in suspected vigilante attack was subject of social media posts calling for violence
by Ben Smee from World news | The Guardian on (#6AB1W)
Police investigating arson at Sunshine Coast property which was identified in online posts calling for retribution against three girls
The location of a Sunshine Coast home destroyed in a suspected vigilante arson attack on Wednesday had been identified in dozens of social media posts calling for violence against three girls accused of seriously assaulting another girl.
The identities of the girls, 12, 13 and 14, are suppressed under Queensland law but their names and photographs appear in hundreds of live social media posts on multiple platforms, including calls for people to bash" them or take retribution.
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