Australia: Man arrested for allegedly making threat call to Auburn mosque
"A man is due to appear in court next month after a threatening phone call was allegedly made to a mosque at Auburn yesterday. Just after 8am (Tuesday 16 December 2014), a phone call was made to a mosque in Auburn. It’s alleged during this call; a number of threats were made. Police from Flemington Local Area Command were alerted and commenced an investigation," the police said in a statement.
"As a result of their inquiries, detectives attended a home in Dural, where they arrested a 30-year-old man," it said.
"He was taken to Castle Hill Police Station; where he was charged with threaten to destroy property; use carriage way to make hoax threat; use carriageway to threaten serious harm; and use carriageway to offend," the police said.
The man was arrested at a time when the city witnessed a 17-hour-long siege when a gunman had held 17 hostages at a cafe on Monday.
Three people, including the gunman, were later killed. The gunman was identified as Man Haron Monis.
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