An explosion in a stairwell of the building housing the Israel Consulate here injured two persons today, according to police. At the same time, two bombs exploded in a parking lot of a Jewish social club in the suburb of Bondi. No one was injured in the latter bombings.
A group calling itself the Organization for the Liberation of Lebanon from Foreigners, believed to be an extreme rightwing group, called a local news agency claiming responsibility and warned of similar attacks in Australia against Israel and Jewish installations unless Israel withdraws its forces from Lebanon. There are large Jewish and Lebanese communities living in separate parts of the city and there have been no previous reports of serious violence between them.
Officials said that an elite anti-terrorist squad has been mobilized to coordinate police action in finding the culprits responsible for the two bombings.
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