00:00A police presence at a place of worship after a violent threat.
00:07This newly opened Sydney mosque targeted on social media, they accused a teenager from
00:12WA's South West.
00:14We executed a search warrant at the house where we arrested and now have charged and
00:19bailed a 16 year old person for that threat.
00:23The teenager who can't be named allegedly commented on the mosque's Instagram page that
00:27he was going to Christchurch 2.0, this joint, an apparent reference to the 2019 New Zealand
00:34mosque massacre in which 51 people were killed.
00:37Police confident he was allegedly acting alone.
00:40I think there was no way he could carry out that threat.
00:43There is no ongoing threat.
00:44We don't believe there to be a network of people here or across Australia that is involved
00:49in this threat.
00:50The threat sparked fear amongst those observing Ramadan at the Sydney mosque.
00:54It was a shock to everyone and obviously you can see the numbers of the worshippers
00:59decreased yesterday.
01:00People are scared for their lives.
01:02New South Wales police acting quickly.
01:04We take every threat seriously and the fact that we had this matter reported to us at
01:08midday and a young person was arrested eight hours later shows that we all take it seriously
01:15and as have done our WA colleagues.
01:18The teenager's alleged actions widely condemned.
01:21If you think that you can make a threat to anyone in the community, even a community
01:25on the east coast from Western Australia, you will be caught.
01:29We won't tolerate it or stand for it.
01:31No matter where hate is directed to any member of our community, you've got a right to feel
01:36protected and safe in New South Wales.
01:38The boy was released on bail and is due to face court in Bunbury next month, charged
01:42with creating a false impression about the existence of threats or danger, which carries
01:47a maximum sentence of up to 10 years.
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