Echo Taskforce detectives are increasing the heat on their investigation after two tattoo parlours were destroyed by fire in Melbourne’s outer east in May 2015, Victoria Police say.
The tattoo parlours in Seville and Lilydale were deliberately set alight in the early hours of Wednesday morning on 13 May and detectives are appealing for public assistance.
Both tattoo shops, on Warburton Highway, Seville and Hardy Street in Lilydale were completely destroyed by fire with a damage cost of more than $250,000.
No one was injured during the fires.
Investigators believe Molotov cocktails were thrown through the front windows of both premises which are owned by members of the Rebels Outlaw Motorcycle Gang.
It is also believed these attacks initiated the rivalry between the Rebels and Comanchero OMCGS.
Detectives are keen to speak to anyone who may have seen people in the area around the time of the fires or witnessed suspicious activity.
Police have released the below images of the fire in Seville and Lilydale.
Anyone with information about is urged to contact Crime Stoppers.
