Overview

• Victoria Police have announced a $500,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of those responsible for the January 16 firebombing in Truganina
• No arrests have been made and mobile phones seized during a June search warrant in Dandenong are undergoing forensic analysis
• Authorities released a digital composite image of a slim-build suspect aged 25–30 and appealed for the anonymous tipster who contacted Crime Stoppers to provide further details
• Investigators are reviewing CCTV of two men carrying a jerry can and fleeing in a dark-coloured BMW X3 or X5 after a significant explosion at the townhouse
• Police maintain the attack was linked to Melbourne’s illicit tobacco war, targeted the wrong house and say they are close to identifying those who planned and carried out the arson