Melbourne nail salon firebombed twice in two days
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A nail salon in north-west Melbourne has been firebombed twice in 25 hours.
In the latest attack at 2am today, arsonists struck by crashing a white Nissan Navara ute into the front plywood door of LaLa Nail Co at Keilor Road in Essendon North.
The offenders then set the nail salon on fire before fleeing in the vehicle.
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A Melbourne nail salon has been firebombed for the second consecutive day. Nine
The building's sprinkler system prevented the blaze from spreading further, but the salon sustained further damage.
The business was also set alight about 3 am yesterday.
It follows a similar attack on the business last July.
Police are treating the two arson attacks as targeted and linked.
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