SYDNEY, May 22 (Xinhua) -- Police in Australia's Victoria state released on Tuesday details of an ongoing investigation into a gang violence case that involved an unprecedented explosion caused by a hand grenade.
A male suspect allegedly drove up to a house in state capital Melbourne's Lalor suburb late last November and threw an M52 hand grenade, causing "significant damage to the building and several parked cars," police said in a statement.
No one inside the property, which included a woman and her infant child sleeping in the front room, was injured, police said. Detectives have released an image of a man to assist with investigations.
"Investigators believe the attack was targeted and is linked to ongoing feuds between a number of Middle Eastern organized crime groups," police said.
The hand-grenade explosion is the first case of its kind in the state, fueling concerns that organized crime syndicates are gaining access to military-grade weapons, local media reported.
Earlier in May, a court heard a case involving the Comanchero outlaw motorcycle gang and use of a high-powered, military AK-47 or SKS rifle in a drive-by shooting targeting a businessman, the ABC News channel reported.
