Commissioner says arrested man was national security threat and ‘number one priority’; Australian authorities previously traced attack’s funding to Iran’s IRGC Iraqi officials have arrested a man wanted by Australian Federal Police as a person of interest in the investigation into a spate of firebombings, including an antisemitic attack on a Melbourne synagogue, police said on Wednesday. The December 2024 arson attack on the Adass Israel Synagogue in Melbourne gutted much of the building. Australia expelled Iran’s ambassador in August after the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation traced the funding of the individuals who set fire to the synagogue — as...
Monitoring Antisemitism Intel
