A second Sydney nurse who appeared in a video that threatened Israeli patients was charged by police.
Ahmad Rashad Nadir, 27, and Sarah Abu Lebdeh, 26, were both suspended from their duties at Bankstown hospital in February after the publication of online video. It was filmed on an anonymous online platform that associates people at random for a conversation.
The authorities claim that there is “no evidence” that the pair actually harmed patients.
Nadir was charged on Wednesday to use a transport service to threaten, threaten or harass, and have a prohibited drug.
Transport services refer to modern communication systems such as phones and Internet.
Ms. Lebdeh was charged last week with three offenses: threatening violence to a group, using a transport service to threaten to kill and use a transport service to harass or cause an offense.
Neither of them pleaded for the accusations, but Nadir apologized last month by his lawyer.
In the images, which seemed to have been filmed inside a hospital and were published by a creator of Israeli content, Ms. Abu Lebdeh and Mr. Nadir would have boasted of refusing to treat Israeli patients, to kill them and said they would go to hell.
The video widespread online and caused a public outcry, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese describing him as “disgusting” and “vile”.
Earlier this month, Australia adopted more stringent laws against hate crimes following a wave of unrelated anti-Semitic attacks.
In recent months, there has been a series of criminal fires and graffiti involving houses, cars and synagogues in Jewish communities across Australia.
There has also been an increase in Islamophobia incidents. A teenager was arrested Tuesday after pretending to be threatened to launch an attack inspired by the massacre of Christchurch against a mosque in Sydney.
