Questions are being raised over why Prime Minister Anthony Albanese was kept in the dark by New South Wales Police about the caravan explosive incident in Dural.
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NSW Premier Chris Minns is speaking on an ongoing investigation, after police uncovered a caravan carrying items purportedly illustrating a terror plot.
Australian police believe explosives found on Sydney’s outskirts were evidence of a deadly escalation in a campaign of antisemitic arson and graffiti crimes that has been waged in major cities for months.
A new timeline has emerged regarding the discovery of a caravan packed with ‘mining gel’ and alleged anti-Semitic hate notes, as police throw their full resources into investigating the ‘terror’ plot.
A man claiming to own the Dural property linked to a counterterrorism investigation says police broke down the front door and handcuffed his tenant.
Sydney’s Jewish community may have been the target of a “mass-casualty event” with the discovery of explosives in a Dural caravan. Follow for live updates.
Finding the masterminds who recruited two unwitting alleged “terror mules” in the Dural caravan plot is the priority for investigators responding to the discovery of an explosive-laden caravan that could have been used in an anti-Semitic attack.
More than 100 counter-terrorism officials are involved in the investigation following the discovery of the caravan.
Explosives and a note of Jewish targets were found in a caravan in Sydney’s northwest. A resident in Dural reportedly made the chilling find in an abandoned caravan on Derriwong Rd in Dural, according to The Daily Telegraph, with the masthead reporting the incident was being treated as a credible terror threat.
By Alasdair Pal and Christine Chen SYDNEY (Reuters) -Australian police said on Wednesday they had foiled a planned antisemitic attack after discovering a caravan containing explosives, in an escalation of threats against the Jewish community that authorities called terrorism.
The Australian Federal Police and ASIO are now involved in the investigation with police saying there is no ongoing threat to the public.