NSW Police have arrested and charged a\u00a044-year-old man. He is expected to appear in court today.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/aside>\nA Sydney man has been charged after he allegedly planted an item initially believed to be a bomb on a vehicle belonging to a man who put up a Palestinian flag.<\/p>\n
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NSW Police arrested a 44-year-old man after executing a search warrant at a home in Botany on Thursday.<\/p>\n
The man has been charged with two counts of stalk\/intimidate with intent to cause fear of physical harm, send article to cause alarm, use carriage service to menace\/harass\/offend and entering enclosed land.<\/p>\n\n
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A note was taped to the item.(Supplied)<\/span><\/span><\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\nTheo, who did not want his surname disclosed for safety reasons, discovered the suspicious device attached to the bonnet of his ute at his Botany residence on January 5.<\/p>\n
The item was a jerry can with a small volume of petrol inside with a rag forced into the open lid. A lighter was also taped to the top and several bolts were taped to the side.<\/p>\n
An attached note read: “Enough! Take down flag! One chance!!!!”<\/p>\n
Bomb Squad officers were called to the home and removed the item, which they deemed to be “safe”.<\/p>\n
Theo told the ABC that finding the device was quite distressing.<\/p>\n
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“I felt scared. I felt particularly scared for my partner,” he said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
“I worried that I’d done something wrong. I worried that somehow in speaking up and being in opposition of genocide, I had done something wrong.<\/p>\n
Theo put up the Palestinian flag and a sign about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict at the front of his home last November. He also attached a flag to the back of his ute.<\/p>\n
He said he would continue flying the flag despite the threat.<\/p>\n\n
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Theo put up a Palestinian flag outside his home and also has a flag attached to the back of his ute.(ABC News)<\/span><\/span><\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\nPolice established a crime scene at Theo’s home and launched an investigation.<\/p>\n
On February 16, Theo received an alleged threatening phone call. He contacted police who began looking into the matter.<\/p>\n
Officers seized numerous items at the man’s property after conducting the search warrant at his property.<\/p>\n
The man has been refused bail and is expected to appear via audio-visual link at Downing Centre Local Court today.<\/p>\n
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