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Wednesday, January 29, 2025
Sydney police uncover explosives, possibly intended for synagogue
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Police in Sydney have found a caravan containing explosives, with a note suggesting it may have been intended to blow up a Jewish synagogue, Australian media reports.
New South Wales police kept the discovery secret for nine days before it was leaked to the media. The find is being investigated as a serious terror threat, reports said.
New South Wales Deputy Police Commissioner David Hudson tells a news conference that arrests have been made connected to the incident, without disclosing how many or what the charges are.
The report follows a massive uptick in antisemitic activities in Australia in recent months. These have included arson attacks on synagogues and community centers in Sydney and Melbourne and anti-Jewish and anti-Israel graffiti on properties or vehicles in areas with large Jewish populations.
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has vowed to adopt tougher measures to protect the country’s Jewish community, but there has been no noticeable decline in incidents yet.
EXPLOSIVES TARGETING SYNAGOGUE.
Ever-mutating antisemitism begins with words, that mainstream & normalize it.
Days after #InternationalHolocaustRemembrance commemorations erase Jews & antisemitism – modern lethal strain is ready to activate.
In Sydney ???????? too. #NeverAgainIsNow pic.twitter.com/xUeRyHoZrx
— מיכל קוטלר-וונש | Michal Cotler-Wunsh (@CotlerWunsh) January 29, 2025
Reuters contributed to this report.
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