Australian police link explosives and list of Jewish targets to antisemitic plot

Police said the discovery marks ‘an escalation’ (AAP Image via AP)

Australian police believe explosives found on the outskirts of Sydney are evidence of a deadly escalation in a campaign of arson and antisemitic graffiti waged in major cities for months.

Officers found a list of Jewish targets together with a cache of an explosive used in the mining industry in a trailer in the outer suburb of Dural on January 19, New South Wales state Deputy Police Commissioner David Hudson said.