WA teenager charged over alleged ‘Christchurch 2.0’ online threat to Sydney mosque
by Australian Associated Press from World news | The Guardian on (#6VP9V)
Sixteen-year-old arrested on Tuesday in south-west Western Australia over alleged Instagram comment
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A 16-year-old boy has been charged in Western Australia over an alleged online threat, which police claim alluded to a terrorist massacre, against a recently opened Sydney mosque.
The comment on the place of worship's Instagram page allegedly threatened to Christchurch 2.0" the mosque at Edmondson Park in the city's west, an apparent reference to the New Zealand city where an Australian man killed 51 worshippers in 2019.
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