Australian police link stash of explosives and list of Jewish targets to an antisemitic plot
LA TimesNew South Wales Police Deputy Commissioner David Hudson speaks in Sydney, Wednesday, about the discovery of explosives stashed on Sydney’s outskirts suspected to have been intended to escalate a campaign of antisemitic arson and graffiti crimes. 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, officials said Wednesday. Police found a list of Jewish targets together with a cache of Powergel, an explosive used in the mining industry, in a trailer in the outer suburb of Dural on Jan. 19, New South Wales state Deputy Police Commissioner David Hudson said. “We expect the Australian government to do more to stop this disease!” Since the Israel-Hamas war began in 2023, targeted arson and graffiti attacks have soared in Australia’s largest cities, Sydney and Melbourne, which are home to 85% of the country’s Jewish population.
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