Police situated a number of weapons, a stockpile of ammunition and a purchasing record for bomb supplies within the house of a Western Australian man arrested after pledging assist for the Bondi attackers, a court docket has heard.
Martin Glynn, 39, appeared in a Perth court docket on Wednesday charged with racial harassment, possessing a prohibited weapon and failing to retailer firearms appropriately.
Prosecutors allege flags of Hamas and Hezbollah, each declared terrorist teams by Australia, have been situated throughout a police raid sparked by a tip-off from the general public.
In a press release, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese stated “there isn’t any place in Australia for antisemitism, hate and violent ideologies”.
The court docket heard that Mr Glynn posted on Instagram simply hours after two gunmen killed 15 individuals in a focused assault on a Hanukkah occasion at Sydney’s Bondi Seaside on 14 December to endorse their actions.
“A neighborhood member noticed a submit from the person on-line, recognised it wasn’t proper, and reported it to police,” appearing Western Australia premier Rita Saffioti informed reporters on Christmas Eve.
Police subsequently searched Mr Glynn’s house in Yangebup, a suburb of Perth, allegedly discovering a pocket book together with antisemitic feedback and references to Nazi ideology.
Three flags, six rifles and round 4,000 rounds of ammunition have been additionally seized, prosecutors say.
There may be “nothing unlawful or improper” with supporting the Palestinian trigger, Justice of the Peace Benjamin Tyers informed the court docket on Wednesday.
“What will not be correct is posting on-line feedback supporting a bloodbath of harmless civilians,” he stated, in response to The Sydney Morning Herald.
In court docket, Mr Glynn, who represented himself, stated he had been “opinionated” in regards to the battle in Gaza, however was “hoping to lift the hypocrisy” by creating the Instagram submit.
He stated he was a doomsday prepper, and that the alleged “bomb-making materials” was really fire-starting materials.
“I do not supposed to hurt anybody,” he stated.
Western Australia Police Commissioner Col Blanch informed media it’s early days of their investigation, however there was no earlier “file of concern for this particular person”.
Mr Glynn, a former mine employee, was denied bail and can face court docket once more on 3 February.
His arrest comes because the state of New South Wales handed new gun management legal guidelines after a marathon debate which ended at about 03:00 native time on Wednesday (16:00 GMT Tuesday).
The brand new legal guidelines, drafted in response to the Bondi shootings, tightens rules on who can personal weapons and provides police extra powers to ban avenue protests.
