New South Wales Premier Chris Minns and senior police have been grilled for not revealing the discovery of a caravan in Sydney's north-west that was packed with enough explosives to cause a mass casualty event amid criticism from the Jewish community.
NSW Police say risk to public 'mitigated very early on' amid grilling on why caravan packed with explosives, notes found with Jewish targets kept secret for 10 days
Inside the van, police found the addressed of at least one Sydney synagogue and Jewish buildings, raising fears it could have been used in an act of domestic terrorism. Comm Webb confirmed the registered owner of the caravan had been arrested on unrelated matters and police seized the van, reducing the risk to the community.
A couple were revealed to have been arrested on what police on described as the"periphery" of the van investigation during Wednesday's police press conference. "If we couldn't have mitigated that threat to the level we did, we would have come out publicly and that's always the intent in a counter terrorism investigation," he said.
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