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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Daisy Dumas

NSW police say off-duty officers’ shouts of ‘Allahu Akbar boom’ after dispute with Muslim man were ‘banter between friends’

NSW police
NSW police have conducted an internal investigation into an incident at a Christmas party in western Sydney where it was alleged a number of guests were off-duty officers. Photograph: Dean Lewins/AAP

A NSW police internal investigation has found that off-duty officers who allegedly shouted “Allahu Akbar boom” and “Hezbollah” at a Christmas party after a verbal dispute with a Muslim man who lived next door were indulging in “banter between friends”.

The incident allegedly took place on 13 December at Glenmore Park in western Sydney, after the man complained to his neighbours about water from their swimming pool leaking into his property.

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