Australian PM urges activists to ‘turn heat down’ after US consulate vandalised

The Australian PM urged people on both sides of the debate to turn the heat down (AP)

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has urged activists on both sides of the Israel-Palestinian debate to “turn the heat down” after the US consulate in Sydney was vandalised.

CCTV footage showed a person wearing a dark hoodie using a small sledgehammer to smash nine holes in the reinforced glass windows of the building in North Sydney after 3am local time (6pm on Sunday BST), a police statement said.