The investigation into a Mosman bomb incident is now being headed by the robbery and serious crimes squad, which also deals with extortion attempts.
Assistant police commissioner Mark Murdoch did not confirm whether the 18-year-old girl was a victim of an extortion attempt – instead he said police were still unsure what they were dealing with.
“We don’t know what we are dealing with…we are working very hard to find out exactly what it is, and equally important, what it isn’t,” Mr Murdoch said.
He said the girl was extremely calm despite the ordeal, with specialist officers with her.
Assistant police commissioner Mark Murdoch described the situation as a “very serious and sensitive matter”.
“We are still treating the suspicious package as live,” he said.
Full story: Police are trying to defuse a bomb that has been strapped to a teenage girl in Sydney’s exclusive Mosman