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NSW Police Name Alleged Mastermind, Charge Two Over January Antisemitic Attacks in Sydney

Police say the case advances a months‑long counterterrorism investigation into organised‑crime brokers as well as possible foreign direction.

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Overview

  • Tarek Zahabe, 27, was identified as the alleged organiser of four January attacks, with Kye Pickering, 26, accused of carrying out acts under his direction.
  • The incidents under charge include swastika graffiti at Allawah synagogue (Jan 10), arson and vandalism at the former home of Jewish leader Alex Ryvchin in Dover Heights (Jan 17), a Maroubra childcare centre firebombing (Jan 21), and graffiti at a Jewish school in Maroubra (Jan 30).
  • Zahabe faces counts of participating in a criminal group and knowingly or recklessly directing a criminal group; Pickering is charged with displaying a Nazi symbol, property destruction, and participating in a criminal group.
  • Court appearances are set at Downing Centre Local Court, with Pickering due on October 21 and Zahabe on October 30.
  • Police released CCTV of the Dover Heights arson showing two hooded men and appealed for information, noting four men have been charged over that attack, while the broader Strike Force Pearl probe also uncovered an explosives‑laden caravan and has not linked Zahabe’s charges to Iran.