Overview

• Police allege that the antisemitic attacks across Sydney, including a caravan filled with explosives, were part of a criminal scheme to instill fear and distract law enforcement.
• Sayet Erhan Akca, a businessman facing drug charges, is a key suspect in the caravan plot and is believed to have fled overseas in 2023.
• Authorities arrested over a dozen individuals connected to the attacks, including Sayed Moosawi, who is accused of directing arson attacks under the alias 'James Bond.'
• The attacks caused significant damage, including $3.4 million in losses from an arson attack on a Maroubra childcare center and over $1 million in damages to a kosher café.
• Police confirmed that the attacks were not ideologically driven but part of an organised crime operation, heightening fears within Sydney's Jewish community.