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The Australian police announced a reward on Monday in a new attempt to solve the double bomb attack against the Jewish community on December 23, 1982. A first device exploded in the Israeli consulate in Sydney and four hours later another bomb exploded in the basement of the Hakoah Club in neighboring Bondi.
Police described the attacks, which left few injured, “the first cold case of terrorism” in Australia and an act of “international terrorism motivated by Palestinian nationalism.”
A man was briefly indicted for the 1983 bombings, but the charges were dropped before the start of the trial.
NSW police chief of counter-terrorism Mark Walton said the A$1 million reward, just over US$680,000, is for information leading to criminal convictions.
He pointed out that the police are targeting three people, two men and a woman, who they believe could have key information.
“Rewards are an important tool in many investigative strategies, especially when there is known reluctance or fear to provide information to police,” he said.
“These attacks remain in the hearts and minds of the Jewish, Israeli and Australian communities, and have never been forgotten by researchers,” he added.
The reward coincided with a new forensic investigation into the attacks.
