Enough explosives to create a 40-metre blast radius were found in Sydney’s north-west nine days ago along with the address of a synagogue. Police and the NSW premier have defended staying silent.
A caravan laden with enough explosives to create a 40-metre blast wave has been found in Sydney’s north-west, with notes suggesting a Jewish synagogue could be a target, and police are yet to make any arrests.
The address of a synagogue was found in the caravan, police confirmed, and security agencies were called in as the caravan was seized.Police executed a search warrant on a property located on Derriwong Road, Dural.“This would strike terror into the community, particularly the Jewish community, and it must be met with the full resources of the government. And I want to assure the people of NSW that’s exactly what’s happening.
In a statement on Wednesday night, Albanese “unequivocally” condemned the act and said hate and extremism had “no place in Australian society”. “The prime minister and minister for home affairs must explain when they were first briefed on this matter, what action they took to protect the community and why they thought it was appropriate to keep it a secret for this long.”
“The discovery and the detection of the caravan with an amount of explosives was not going to be used in the normal antisemitic attack that we have seen occur 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 full resources of the state of NSW and NSW Police have been deployed to confront this very serious threat to our community,” Minns said.
“Just because it wasn’t being conducted on the front pages of newspapers does not mean this was not an urgent in fact the number one priority of NSW Police.”
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