A man from Sydney who allegedly threatened to kill Israeli President Isaac Herzog was granted bail on Thursday, three days before the latter’s arrival in Australia.
The Australian Federal Police charged Darcy Tinning, 19, with issuing warnings to Herzog and U.S. President Donald Trump on social media on Jan. 19, including a threat to shoot the Israeli head of state with a pistol, ABC News (Australia) reported.
Prosecutors had refused bail ahead of the court hearing in light of Herzog’s visit on Feb. 8, but Magistrate Daniel Covington said that the suspect is likely to comply with bail conditions due to his absence of a criminal history and lack of access to firearms, the report read.
Tinning was granted bail on condition that he not leave his home unless accompanied by his mother or father, and that he not use social media.
The suspect also had to hand over his passport to authorities, the report added.
The Australian Federal Police’s new National Security Investigations (NSI) team arrested Tinning at his home in Newtown on Wednesday, confiscating his phone and drugs.
Herzog’s visit to Australia comes on the backdrop of the Bondi Beach terrorist attack that claimed the lives of 15 victims, most of which were Jews celebrating a Chanukah candle lighting event on Dec. 14.
A father and son inspired by the Islamic State ideology carried out the shooting attack.
According to ABC News, the arrival of Herzog is expected to draw widespread protests across the country, despite protest restrictions imposed in New South Wales by the NSW Police.
Laws permitting restrictions on protests were passed through the state parliament in the wake of the Bondi Beach massacre.
“We are still less than two months from what is the worst terrorist incident in New South Wales’s history,” NSW Police Commissioner Mal Lanyon said on Tuesday, ABC News reported.
“Today I have considered that there remains a significant risk to community safety by public assemblies and I have extended that declaration for a further 14 days,” he added.
Herzog is expected to conclude his visit on Feb. 11.
