SYDNEY, Australia –
Police in Australia say they now have four primary suspects in the 1982
bombings of the Israeli Consulate and the Hakoah Club, and offered a $100,000
reward to help flush them out.
Detective Chief Superintendent Wayne Gordon, the commander
of the terrorism investigation squad, told reporters Thursday in Sydney that he
hoped the money would entice the public or the alleged perpetrators to come
forward.
“We need evidence to arrest,” he said, according to the
Associated Press. “We’re short.”
The incentive may encourage the suspects to turn on each
other, he added: ”That would be a matter for their conscience.”
The bombings occurred on Dec. 23, 1982, at the Israeli
Consulate General in the city and in a car parked underneath the Hakoah Club, a
Jewish social and sports club. Two people were injured at the consulate.
The 30-year-old cold case was reopened last year, involving
local and federal police as well as Australia’s spy agency.
“We live here,” Gordon said. “We don’t want to live in
fear.”
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