Woman arrested for allegedly threatening violence on grounds of religion after approaching Bankstown shopper wearing ‘from the river to the sea’ shirt
A woman has been charged with intimidation and publicly threatening violence on the grounds of religion after confronting a woman wearing a pro-Palestine T-shirt at Kmart in Bankstown.
Footage of the incident posted to Instagram on Friday shows the 39-year-old woman walking towards the person filming, giving her the middle finger before yelling: “Are you proud of wearing ‘from the river to the sea?’”
The woman then gets close to the person filming and continues yelling, saying, “Fuck Allah, every fucking day. Fuck off,” before walking away.
In a separate video the person filming, who said her name was Mariam, said she was shopping with her daughter at the time.
The 39-year-old woman was arrested at a home in Parramatta on Sunday afternoon.
She was taken to Granville police station and charged with publicly threatening violence on grounds of religion, behaving in an offensive manner in a public place, using offensive language in a public place and intimidation offences.
She was refused bail to appear before Parramatta local court on Monday.
