A resident of Perth, Australia, was arrested on Tuesday after posting messages supporting the Bondi Beach massacre.

An Australian court in Perth on Wednesday filed charges against 39-year-old Martin Glynn for racial harassment and possession of prohibited weapons after six rifles, about 4,000 rounds of ammunition, a list of components for preparing explosive devices, and Hamas and Hezbollah flags were discovered in his home.

The police also found handwritten notebooks labeled �Ideology, views, ideas and insights,� which contained extremist views about Jews and Nazi ideology.

The arrest followed a disturbing post Glynn published on social media in which he expressed support for the perpetrators of the massacre at a Chanukah event on Bondi Beach in Sydney, where 15 Jews were murdered.

WA Police said that Glynn also has a Palestinian flag outside his home, which distressed his neighbors, and they found images of attempts to make a smoke grenade bomb on his phone.

The investigation began after a member of the Jewish community came across Glyn�s Instagram post, understood its severity, and reported it to the authorities. �A community member recognized that something was not right and contacted the police,� said Rita Saffioti, the deputy premier of Western Australia.

At a court hearing held today, Glynn claimed that he was �preparing for doomsday� and that the materials found in his home were intended for lighting fires, not for making bombs. Judge Benjamin Tyers rejected his claims and ruled that �publishing comments that support the massacre of innocent civilians is unacceptable.�

Glynn, a former mining worker, does not have a criminal record and has a legal gun license. He was denied bail and a further hearing in his case was scheduled for February 3.

Magistrate Ben Tyers said that the �boxes and boxes� of ammunition and weapons stowed around the house was of �considerable concern�.

�It is appalling that, in the wake of Bondi, anyone would say anything that supports, in any way, the actions of a horrific, vile, criminal terrorist act,� Western Australia�s police minister, Reece Whitby, told reporters on Wednesday.

�Words are dangerous. Words have potential to lead to catastrophic outcomes … anyone that says anything remotely intimidatory, suggestive of violence needs to be acted on very quickly.�

(YWN Israel Desk�Jerusalem)