SYDNEY: An Australian man has been charged and detained after allegedly posting a message on social media backing the mass shooting on Bondi Beach.
A courtroom in Western Australia heard that police discovered six licensed firearms, 4,000 rounds of unsecured ammunition, and antisemitic materials in his house, native media stated.
Detectives raided the suspect’s house on Tuesday (Dec 23), Western Australia Police stated in a press release.
He was charged with intent to racially harass, carrying or possessing a prohibited weapon, and failing to correctly retailer a firearm or associated materials.
The suspect, named in native media as 39-year-old Perth man Martin Thomas Glynn, appeared in Fremantle Magistrates Court docket on Wednesday.
In a social media submit, he allegedly expressed “100 per cent assist” for the Dec 14 mass taking pictures at a Jewish competition on Bondi Seaside, which killed 15 folks, media reviews stated.
Glynn reportedly instructed the courtroom he didn’t intend to hurt anybody and was making an attempt to distinction the Bondi assault with the deaths of Palestinians in Gaza.
He was remanded in custody till his subsequent courtroom listening to in February, native media stated.
Western Australia Police Commissioner Col Blanch stated the person was not believed to be a part of a community.
“We predict that is a person who has made these feedback on-line, and we’re nonetheless but to evaluate the specter of that particular person,” he instructed reporters.
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese stated he had been briefed on the arrest.
“There isn’t any place in Australia for antisemitism, hate and violent ideologies,” he stated in a press release.
“I thank the work of the WA Police in shortly figuring out this particular person and appearing instantly.”
