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Mob faked attack on Australian synagogue: Police

Anti-Semitic graffiti is removed from a Sydney synagogue in January 2025 [File: EPA-EFE]

An organised crime network fabricated a plot to attack a synagogue in Australia to divert law enforcement resources, according to police.

The Australian Federal Police (AFP) said on Monday that the discovery of explosives in a caravan parked in Sydney was part of a “criminal con job”. The country has previously said it suspected there were criminal links to a surge in anti-Semitic crime since the start of the Gaza war.

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