Second Bankstown nurse charged over viral video allegedly threatening Israeli patients

Ahmed Rashid Nadir charged over two offences and granted bail to appear at Downing Centre local court on 19 March

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A second Bankstown nurse involved in a viral video showing both he and his colleague allegedly threatening Israeli patients has been charged by Strike Force Pearl detectives.

Ahmed Rashid Nadir, who worked at the Bankstown-Lidcombe hospital in Sydney's west, was arrested on Tuesday evening, and later charged with using a carriage service to menace, harass or offend, and possessing a prohibited drug.

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