Xinhua
29 Jan 2025, 14:15 GMT+10
SYDNEY, Jan. 29 (Xinhua) -- Australian police are investigating whether explosives found in a caravan days ago in Sydney, the capital city of Australia's state of New South Wales (NSW), were intended to be used in an antisemitic attack.
The NSW police said on Wednesday that the caravan filled with explosives was found on a property in Dural, about 25 km northwest of central Sydney, on Jan. 19.
Addressing a press conference, NSW Police Deputy Commissioner David Hudson said that there was "some indication" that the explosives were intended to be used in an antisemitic attack.
He said that the NSW Police is working with the Australian Federal Police, Australian Security Intelligence Organization as well as police in the neighboring states of Victoria and Queensland to investigate the incident.
Premier of NSW Chris Minns said that the full resources of the state have been deployed to confront the "very serious threat" to the community.
Hudson said that the explosives were believed to have been obtained from a mining site and would have had a blast radius of around 40 meters. He said that there is no indication that there are more explosives in the community.
A NSW Police statement said that there is no ongoing threat to the community.
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