Man accused ofFacebook bombthreat

Anne Tarasov
July 31, 2011 - 12:48AM
A CLEANING business
owner used Facebook to
threaten to ''kill all
Christians and Jews'' and
bomb Sydney, police
allege.
Khaled Zakaria, 30, faced
Parramatta Bail Court
yesterday charged with
one count of using a
mobile phone to menace
or harass and two counts
of making hoax threats
using a mobile phone.
In documents tendered to
the court, police said Mr
Zakaria, of Greenacre,
threatened to bomb
intelligence agency ASIO,
stab officers at
Goulburn's super-max jail
and ''get'' officers at
Bankstown police station
under the Facebook
profiles Kay Zee, Khaled
Ibn-Al Walid and Khaled
Ibn-Alwalie.
Police alleged Mr Zakaria
posted threatening
comments on the Ban the
Burka and Sharia for
Australia Facebook pages,
including: ''There's going
to be a big bang in the
City of Sydney on 30th of
July, 2011. Watch out.
Bang Bang.''
Following Mr Zakaria's
arrest on Friday by
officers from the joint
counter-terrorism team
and the Middle Eastern
Organised Crime Squad,
police searched his house
and car and seized two
mobile phones and other
related items.
Mr Zakaria's lawyer,
Derek Druitt, told the
court his client may be a
victim of mistaken
identity because he
employs three people,
one of whom has a similar
name and initials. He said
the ''hoax'' messages
were posted using a
work phone used by
everyone at the
company.
Magistrate George
Zdenkowski refused bail,
saying the protection of
the community is at
stake.
Mr Zakaria is expected to
appear at Downing
Centre Local Court on
Wednesday.
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