Anthony Albanese is heckled as he tries to leave synagogue – as large crowd swarms around him [Video]

22:01 EST 09 Dec 2024, updated 02:45 EST 10 Dec 2024

Anthony Albanese was rushed back into his car after abruptly cutting short a press conference outside a Melbourne synagogue that was firebombed in a suspected terror attack. 

Mr Albanese visited the Adass Israel Synagogue in the heart of the city’s Jewish community on Tuesday and had planned to take questions from the media outside destroyed temple shortly after 1pm.

But the press conference ended abruptly when a crowd gathered around him, with some heckling him.

‘You are late, you are late’, one woman shouted at Mr Albanese, appearing to take a swipe at him for playing tennis in Perth just a day after the attack, and for taking 48 hours to label it a terrorist event.

‘You let this happen, buddy,’ she shouted. 

One heckler shouted at him to ‘go live in Gaza,’ while another said it ‘was a nice day for tennis’. 

AFP officers were forced to …