00:00In the early hours of December 6, the stolen blue Volkswagen Golf sedan stakes out the
00:08Adas Israel Synagogue.
00:09They smash at the building's entrance, douse it with fuel and set it on fire.
00:14Cowards who cover their faces and carry out an attack on a place of worship.
00:20Police had now linked the stolen Golf sedan to a series of other violent crimes across
00:24Melbourne in the weeks before the synagogue attack.
00:28Police believe this car was used as what I would describe as a communal crime car and
00:34has been driven to a number of locations committing serious offences.
00:39Including a shooting and arson attack in Bandura on the same night of the synagogue attack and
00:45the alleged arson attack on the Lux nightclub in South Yarra in November, for which two
00:50men in their twenties were arrested today.
00:52There's nothing at this time to indicate the two men we've arrested today were directly
00:58involved in the synagogue fire.
01:00Police say both the Lux nightclub and Bandura incidents are not politically motivated, but
01:06the synagogue attack remains a terrorism investigation.
01:09We will continue to investigate it as a politically motivated attack on the Jewish community.
01:15This arson was an anti-Semitic crime.
01:19To set alight, a synagogue is to strike at the heart of the Jewish community.
01:24Synagogue board member Benjamin Klein has welcomed the developments.
01:28It's quite confronting and distressing to see the images released today.
01:31Police feel very confident that they're moving in the right direction.
01:34They are chucking a huge amount of resources out at this investigation.
01:37Six months on, there are yet to be any links established to extremist or terrorist organisations,
01:42but authorities are determined to discover not just who carried out this attack, but
01:48who planned it and why.
01:50For the offenders out there, I remind you that the penalty for terrorism is life imprisonment.
01:58It's just a matter of time before police knock on your door.
02:02Detectives are urging anyone with information to come forward.
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