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A caravan that was found on Sydney’s outskirts allegedly containing explosives and antisemitic material was an act of terrorism, the prime minister and New South Wales premier have said.

NSW police are yet to declare the incident an act of terrorism, but Anthony Albanese, when asked if he classified the incident as terrorism, stated: “I certainly do. I agree with [the premier] Chris Minns. It’s clearly designed to harm people but it’s also designed to create fear in the community. And that is the very definition.”

Minns said the incident was “a potential terrorist event”. The premier said on Thursday the caravan – which was discovered in Dural on 19 January – and its owner were “in police custody”.

The police commissioner, Karen Webb, said the caravan’s owner was in custody “on unrelated matters”. Webb added “there was no detonator” in the caravan.

The commissioner said on Thursday that people could be charged with terrorism-related offences without NSW police having to make a terrorism “declaration”.

The assistant commissioner David Hudson on Thursday reiterated that the threat had been “mitigated”.

Meanwhile, another Jewish site in Sydney was hit with antisemitic graffiti overnight – this time a school located a few hundred metres from the childcare centre that was recently attacked in Sydney’s east.

Mount Sinai college in Maroubra and a nearby home were both spray-painted with antisemitic slurs that included calling Jewish people “dogs” and the “real terrorists”.

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Webb said on Thursday people could charge people with terrorism-related offences without having to make a terrorism “declaration”.

Article by:Source: Elias Visontay and Rafqa Touma

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