‘We will hurt you in ways your brain can’t comprehend’: Venues hit with $10k extortion demand
Bar owners in Melbourne are facing a new wave of extortion demands amid ongoing violence in the nightlife sector. They are being asked to pay $10,000 a month to avoid being targeted for destruction. Police are investigating the authenticity of these threats as part of their efforts to address the city's bar wars.
- ▪Bar owners targeted in firebombings have begun receiving extortion demands for $10,000 a month.
- ▪The demand states that payment will remove businesses from a 'list of destruction' for one month.
- ▪Police are examining the threats to determine if they are authentic or a scam.
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