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Police reopen 1982 Sydney bombings case

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            Sun Aug 26 23:35:58 EST 2012




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New South Wales police have released new pictures of two men they believe were involved in the bombings of the Israeli Consulate and Hakoah Club in Sydney in 1982.The investigation into the bombings has been reopened after inquiries overseas and in Australia.The bombing on December 23, 1982, at the office of the Israeli Consulate General in William Street, left two people injured.Later that day, a bomb went off in a car parked outside the packed Hakoah Club in Bondi.At the time, the attacks were believed to be linked to an international pro-Palestine terrorist organisation.


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    Scene of the Hakoah Club bombing in Sydney, 1982.

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 It is believed the explosion outside the Hakoah Club was designed to collapse the building and kill or injure the many people inside.But the explosive device failed to detonate properly and no one was injured.A 31-year-old man arrested and charged over the Bondi bombing went to court but the charges were later withdrawn by the New South Wales Attorney-General.Police believe the suspects are still living in Sydney, and say advances in technology have helped move the case forward."We are conducting a number of investigative leads in relation to advances in technology and also in relation to our modern-day techniques," said Assistant Commissioner Peter Dein, the commander of the Counter Terrorism Unit.Police say the threat of another terrorist attack still remains if the suspects are not caught.Police say they have also contacted the Israeli government as part of their renewed investigation.They still believe a disbanded Palestinian group was involved, but have refused to confirm reports they have spoken with convicted terrorist Mohammed Rashed. He is in a US prison for the 1982 bombing of a Pan Am flight that killed a teenage boy.


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    The two men believed to be involved in the bombings of the Israeli Consulate and Hakoah Club in Sydney in 1982.

NSW Police

 


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            Sun Aug 26 01:15:46 EST 2012


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