They said two fully assembled bombs with detonators and packed with 60cm long shrapnel pieces connected to a butane gas bottle were found in a duffel bag under a home in Albion Park on the South Coast in April.
The devices were both set to go off at 1.48pm on a Saturday in April at the two locations but had not been placed.
But just days before the bombs were to detonate the accused, a 42 year-old Illawarra man, fled Australia to Malta.
His ex-wife, who was unaware of the alleged plot, found the bombs two days later and called police.
The NSW bomb squad were called in to examine the devices. Police were preparing to extradite the man from Malta but he was arrested at Sydney Airport on Thursday evening when he attempted to re-enter the country. He was charged with one count of manufacturing an explosive device with intent to injure.
In Central Local Court yesterday a non-publication order was placed on the name of the hospital, the surgeon’s identity and address of his offices by Magistrate John Andrews.
Police say the accused was being treated for an eye condition by the surgeon for the past five for a genetic condition. During a routine eye treatment a dye was used which he believes caused him an injury and blames for the decline in his eyesight although there was no medical evidence backing up his claims.
Magistrate Reynolds ordered the accused to undergo a psyche evaluation at St Vincent’s Hospital.
Two massive bombs found by NSW police
Two massive bombs both bigger than those used in the Boston Marathon attacks were made and going to be used to a blow up a Sydney hospital and the Macquarie St offices of a leading Sydney eye surgeon according to NSW police.
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