SYDNEY (Reuters) - Cars and houses in Sydney were daubed in antisemitic graffiti, police said on Sunday, the latest in a string of incidents targeting Jews in Australia's biggest city.

Australian authorities say they’ve foiled a potential “mass casualty” attack with the discovery of a trailer packed with explosives in northwest Sydney, and “an indication” it was to be used against targets in the Jewish community following a spate of antisemitic incidents.

As three more episodes of antisemitic graffiti were discovered across Sydney on Thursday morning, Australian political leaders warned of an escalation in hatred and decried as terrorism an incident of explosives found in a trailer on the

Caravan in outer suburban Sydney contained industrial explosives and notes listing 'Jewish entities' Australian police were Thursday investigating if explosives stashed in an abandoned caravan outside Sydney were part of a planned "terrorism event" targeting Jewish residents.