A Melbourne rabbi says his baby is lucky to be uninjured after a flaming projectile was allegedly thrown from a moving car on a suburban street.
The young father was walking on Hotham Street in St Kilda East about 8.50pm on November 27 when he saw the on fire object fly onto the footpath near him.
The street he was pushing the pram on contains the Yeshivah College and the Sassoon Yehuda Sephardi Synagogue and Ripponleas Adass Israel Synagogue, which was set alight on December 6 in a terrorist attack, is just around the corner.
There was a lot of smoke, the Jewish man told the Herald Sun.
I just kept thinking, what if it landed inside the pram, it could have killed my baby.
It is understood the projectile was not recovered, though arrests have been made.
Police arrested two men following an alleged incident where an object was thrown out of a moving vehicle in Ripponlea on Wednesday, 27 November, a police spokesperson told Daily Mail Australia.
Its alleged the men were occupants inside a vehicle travelling along Hotham Street when the item was thrown onto the footpath causing a loud bang and smoke.
The Jewish father was pushing him pram on the sidewalk near the Sassoon Yehuda Sephardi Synagogue (pictured) in St Kilda East in Melbournes south-east
The Jewish primary and secondary school Yeshivah College is also on the same street
A man pushing an infant in a pram and a boy riding his scooter were walking in the area at the time, they were not physical injured.
The driver a 24-year-old man from Hampton East was interviewed and released pending further enquiries.
The front seat passenger a 23-year-old Hampton East man was interviewed and is expected to be charged on summons for discharge a missile.
The investigation remains ongoing.
Anyone who witnessed the incident or has information is urged to contact Crime Stoppers.