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A man claiming to own the Dural property linked to a counterterrorism investigation says police broke down the front door and handcuffed his tenant.
More than 100 counter-terrorism officials are involved in the investigation following the discovery of the caravan.
A trailer packed with explosives and a list of apparent Jewish targets was found hidden in an Australian suburb last week, police revealed Wednesday — in what they described as a thwarted
Australian authorities say they’ve foiled a potential “mass casualty” attack with the discovery of a trailer packed with explosives in northwest Sydney, and “an indication” it was to be used against targets in the Jewish community following a spate of antisemitic incidents.
The Australian Security Intelligence Organisation says it anticipated spikes in politically motivated violence months before a caravan laced with explosives, intended for Jewish targets in Sydney, was discovered by the side of the road 10 days ago.
Australian police believe explosives found on Sydney’s outskirts were evidence of a deadly escalation in a campaign of antisemitic arson and graffiti crimes that has been waged in major cities for months.
Finding the masterminds who recruited two unwitting alleged “terror mules” in the Dural caravan plot is the priority for investigators responding to the discovery of an explosive-laden caravan that could have been used in an anti-Semitic attack.
Explosives and a note of Jewish targets have been found in a caravan in Sydney’s northwest. A resident in Dural reportedly made the chilling find in an abandoned caravan on Derriwong Rd in Dural, according to The Daily Telegraph, with the masthead reporting the incident was being treated as a credible terror threat.
Calls have grown for mandatory jail time after an explosives-laden caravan was discovered with anti-Semitic material, setting the stage for a political showdown.
Israel urged Australia to do more to halt an "epidemic of antisemitism" in the country as Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said his government was doing all it could to combat attacks that he says include domestic terrorism.
Australia's Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has agreed with police assertion that a caravan full of explosives in Sydney was an act of terrorism.