The Deputy Commissioner of the New South Wales Police Force, David Hudson, told reporters on January 30 that detectives are considering whether a caravan packed with explosives found abandoned on the side of Derriwong Road in the north-western semi-rural suburb of Dural, which was located by NSW police on January 19, might be an elaborate set-up.

The reason he suggested police are looking at whether the incident could be a hoax is due to the obvious clues left behind. An antisemitic note and a list of targets, including a synagogue, were found in the caravan, along with the sizeable amount of Powergel explosives (usually used in mining) that had the potential to create a 40-metre blast wave.

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Police announced the discovery of the caravan on January 29, 10 days after the fact, apparently due to the ambiguities involved.

NSW police terrorism expert Peter Moroney told Nine’s Today program on January 30 that they are investigating if the explosives were stolen from a mining site, “say 12 months ago”, where were they being stored in the interim?

When the caravan was discovered in Dural, a media storm around a spate of anti-Israel and antisemitic attacks was peaking.

Australian Federal Police (AFP) commissioner Reece Kershaw said the vandalism attacks could be the

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