Arsonists are targeting Melbourne restaurants and hospitality venues. No one seems to know why (opens in new tab)

Unlike firebombings during the city’s tobacco wars, police say the motives for targeting at least eight businesses since 14 April remain unclearGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe orders come from people they have never met: firebomb this particular address, and you’ll get paid a few hundred dollars.There have been almost 300 tobacconists hit in Victoria since late 2023, but there are now different types of businesses that have been targeted in the past fortnight: n...