Police say that the organized crime gang planned to put a bomb on the Jewish site to divert law enforcement resources.
An organized criminal network conspired to attack the synagogue in Australia to turn the law enforcement resources, police said.
The Australian Federal Police (AFP) on Monday said that the search for explosives in the caravans parked in Sydney was part of the “criminal con job”. Country Is In the past they said Suspected of being a criminal link Since the began the Gaza war, the anti -semitic crime has increased.
In January, authorities found caravan, which had enough explosives to create a 40 meter (2 feeet) explosion wave in January. Police say they quickly realized that cache was fake through organized criminal network.
The caravan was easily located, AFP said the explosives were clearly visible and no detonator was present, indicating that there was no intention of attacking the Jewish targets.
AFP’s National Security Commissioner Crisssi Barrett said at a press conference, “Created criminals would never cause major accidents, but criminals who wanted to be afraid of personal gain instead were to face him.”
“Almost immediate, experienced investigators … believed that caravan was part of the fake terrorist story – basically a criminal cone job.”
‘Cooling effect’
In Statement On Monday, AFP said that in his investigation by Operation Kisinjar, many people involved in fake terrorism have been identified and working with the enforcement of local and foreign law to bring justice to them.
New South Wales Deputy Commissioner of Police Dave Hudson said at a press conference that it was decided to announce the information to the people to comfort the Sydney’s Jewish community.
He said, “(storyline) caused chaos in society, causing threatening, creating irritability, turning away from the job of his day, focusing on the fact that he could enter into other criminal activities,” he said.
The country’s anti-terrorism unit had earlier planned to disclose information to the masses, but it was getting a note-off about other related “terrorist plots”.
However, “We are now sure that all these tips are fake and the caravan plot was a wide range of plan Organized criminals from domestic and coastal“The AFP’s statement said.
In recent months, Australia have faced anti -semantic attacks, including houses, schools, synagogue and vehicles, have been outraged by the traditional collapse of Israel in the country.
Barrett said the fake caravan plot had a “cooling effect” on the Jewish community.
“What happened to the Jewish community is blasphemous and will not be affected. There was also unwanted doubts directed in other communities – and it is also blasphemous. “”