Christensen quickly posted on his Facebook page: “Failed terror attack on a police station in Merrylands tonight. Conservative MP George Christensen has been forced to back down after suggesting an incident at a Sydney police station was a “failed terrorism attack” and linking it to radical Islamism. NSW Police said a man drove at speed into the car park at Merrylands police station in western Sydney on Thursday night, hitting a roller door. The same police station had received terror threats by radical Islamists last year. Related: Man arrested after suffering serious burns in Sydney police station incident— Siobhan Fogarty (@Siobhan_Fogarty) #BREAKING: Police sources have told the ABC there has been an attempted terror attack directed against a western Sydney police station.

Source: The Guardian July 21, 2016 13:04 UTC