Cars smashed in Cronulla violence

Cronulla - two men are arrested in a second night of violence news.com.au photo
While "Police guarding against any repeat of yesterday's race riot at Cronulla tonight blocked off streets around the Lakemba Mosque, in Sydney's south-west, after about 500 mostly Muslim men gathered, apparently after rumours of an imminent attack on the building." There occurred "Mobs of men have damaged a number of vehicles in an outbreak of fresh violence in the southern Sydney suburb of Cronulla tonight. A reporter from radio station 2GB said ``chaos'' had broken out in the beach shopping centre with vehicles damaged and police making arrests as mobs of men roam the streets. ``People are standing around in shock, just watching,'' the reporter said. ``Every window in some cars has been smashed. Roads have been blocked (by police).'' He witnessed police arrest a group of five people. Some motorists were ignoring the road blocks, simply driving around the obstacles, he said. ``There's chaos, with ambulances and police going in all directions.''