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 court docket in Western Australia heard that police discovered six licensed firearms, 4,000 rounds of unsecured ammunition, and antisemitic materials in his dwelling, native media mentioned.
Detectives raided the suspect’s dwelling on Tuesday (Dec 23), Western Australia Police mentioned in an announcement.
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 put up, he allegedly expressed “100 per cent assist” for the Dec 14 mass taking pictures at a Jewish pageant on Bondi Seaside, which killed 15 individuals, media experiences mentioned.
Glynn reportedly instructed the court docket he didn’t intend to hurt anybody and was attempting to distinction the Bondi assault with the deaths of Palestinians in Gaza.
He was remanded in custody till his subsequent court docket listening to in February, native media mentioned.
Western Australia Police Commissioner Col Blanch mentioned the person was not believed to be a part of a community.
“We expect 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 mentioned he had been briefed on the arrest.
“There isn’t any place in Australia for antisemitism, hate and violent ideologies,” he mentioned in an announcement.
“I thank the work of the WA Police in rapidly figuring out this particular person and appearing instantly.”
