NSW police say off-duty officers’ shouts of ‘Allahu Akbar boom’ after dispute with Muslim man were ‘banter between friends’

The chanting you heard was not directed at you in any way,' inspector tells Sydney man who complained about neighbour's Christmas party in Glenmore Park

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A NSW police internal investigation has found that off-duty officers who allegedly shouted Allahu Akbar boom" and Hezbollah" at a Christmas party after a verbal dispute with a Muslim man who lived next door were indulging in banter between friends".

The incident allegedly took place on 13 December at Glenmore Park in western Sydney, after the man complained to his neighbours about water from their swimming pool leaking into his property.

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