Chief Commissioner Shane Patton says the incidents being reported to police are “abhorrent and disgusting”.
packed with enough explosives to cause a “mass casualty event” and a note with the address of a synagogue.As Prime Minister Anthony Albanese branded the perpetrators of a spate of antisemitic attacks cowards, vowing they would be “hunted down and locked up”, Patton moved to reassure Victorians.
NSW Police believe the apparent plot to target a Sydney synagogue with mining explosives is linked to months of. Several people “on the periphery” of the caravan plot are in custody facing unrelated charges, but none have been charged over the potential mass-casualty event. On Thursday, he said his key concern around hate crimes in Victoria was the “huge rise we’ve seen in antisemitism” – describing the incidents reported to police as “abhorrent and disgusting”.Credit:He said such reports had surged since Hamas militants killed 1200 people in the October 7, 2023, attack on Israel that triggered the war in Gaza that has killed tens of thousands of Palestinians.
“It is an absolute priority for us,” Patton said. “I want to give assurance that we’re throwing absolutely everything we can at it, and we understand the community’s need for it to be resolved as soon as possible.” The blaze gutted the building, leaving charred ruins, a tangle of wiring and a collapsed roof. The fire also destroyed some holy Torah scrolls and damaged others.
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