Overview

• On July 5, five hooded individuals set three vehicles ablaze at Lovitt Technologies’ Greensborough plant and spray-painted anti-Israel graffiti.
• A July 14 video features a masked spokesperson claiming the arson and framing Lovitt’s production of F-35 jet components for Lockheed Martin, BAE and Boeing as justification.
• The speaker articulates anti-Israel, anti-American and anti-Australian grievances and warns that continued weapon-components work will have “consequences.”
• Threats intensify with claims that the group has collected employees’ home addresses and will distribute them to underground networks.
• The Joint Counter Terrorism Team, including Victoria Police, the AFP and ASIO, is now leading the probe, prompting calls from Jewish leaders and politicians for heightened security and anti-hate enforcement.