Caravan laden with explosives found in Sydney allegedly intended for antisemitic attack
Caravan laden with explosives found in Sydney allegedly intended for antisemitic attack
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New South Wales police investigating after explosives found in Dural with Chris Minns warning incident could have led to ‘mass casualty event’. Counter terrorism police are investigating after a caravan was found laden with explosives at a residential property in greater Sydney with indications the explosives would be used in an antisemitic attack.
Police said they had recovered the caravan on a property in Dural, on the outskirts of Sydney on 19 January after a report was made. On Wednesday, New South Wales deputy police commissioner David Hudson, said that some people on the “periphery” of the incident had been arrested. He also said the incident may be linked to some people already charged for their alleged involvement in the spate of recent antisemitic attacks.
Hudson told reporters on Wednesday that it did not appear the caravan laden with explosives would be used in the kind of attacks seen recently in Sydney, such as graffiti and arson attacks. “This is certainly an escalation of that with the use of explosives that have the potential to cause a great deal of damage.”.
Hudson said the joint counter-terrorism team – including the NSW police force, the Australian Federal Police, and the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation – were investigating the incident. New South Wales premier, Chris Minns told reporters on Wednesday that there were over 100 counter terrorism police investigating the incident, and that it had the potential to have led to a “mass casualty event”.
