"The level of violence suggests profoundly deep-seated hostility bubbling away for some time."

Race riots in Sydney, Australia.

UPDATE: The NYT has a detailed report. A snippet:

Police said more than 5,000 white youths, some wrapped in Australian flags and chanting racist slurs, fought with police, attacked people they believed to be of Arab descent and assaulted a pair of paramedics trying to help people escape the riot.

Very bad times for Australia.