Sword Boys is a street gang in Perth, consisting mostly of Lebanese Australians, that has been known to authorities since mid 1990s. Gang members have been reported to wear a miniature gold scimitar on a chain around their necks.
Sword Boys has been responsible for a small amount of poor quality amphetamine and ecstasy distribution in Western Australia, and has also been linked to car rebirthing by Western Sydney gangs, where stolen cars are stripped and reassembled. Also, they are suspected of fixing a professional boxing fight, between Danny Green and Paul Briggs.
Famous quotes containing the words sword and/or boys:
“Rash words are like sword thrusts, but the tongue of the wise brings healing.”
—Bible: Hebrew, Proverbs 12:18.
“It is the ignorant and childish part of mankind that is the fighting part. Idle and vacant minds want excitement, as all boys kill cats.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)