AUSTRALIAN POLICE FOIL ANTISEMITIC ATTACK-Chris Minns says the attack must be met with the full resources of the government.
Australian police stated today they had foiled a planned antisemitic attack after discovering a caravan containing explosives, in an escalation of threats against the Jewish community that authorities called terrorism.
The caravan was discovered on Jan. 19 in Dural, a suburb some 36 kms (22 miles) northwest of the centre of Sydney, Deputy Police Commissioner David Hudson told a news conference. The threat had been fully contained and there is no further threat to the Jewish community, he added.
Hudson said arrests had been made but did not disclose how many or what the charges were.