Dozens of posters lionizing one of the perpetrators of the Bondi Beach terror attack were found plastered in Melbourne’s central business district on Tuesday.

Approximately 40 posters, designed to deliberately mimic the visual style of a well-known “Aussie” street art series promoting inclusion, were unlawfully plastered on public infrastructure around the CBD, according to the Anti-Defamation Commission (ADC), an Australian organization founded to combat antisemitism in the country.

The posters feature Naveed Akram, who, together with his father, Sajid Akram, killed 15 people and wounded dozens attending a Hanukkah party at Bondi Beach on December 14.

Melbourne Mayor Nick Reece condemned the posters as “sick” and said municipal staff were rushing to locate all of the posters and take them down.

The posters use the well-known theme of street artist Peter Drew’s iconic “Aussie” campaign, in which photos of 20th-century immigrants to the continent were paired with the word “Aussie” in bold lettering, in an effort to challenge racially exclusive definitions of national identity. The 2016 poster series has recently been updated for its 10-year anniversary.

Drew told Australian media outlets that the imitation........

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