{"id":100910,"date":"2025-10-25T20:18:08","date_gmt":"2025-10-25T20:18:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/100910\/"},"modified":"2025-10-25T20:18:08","modified_gmt":"2025-10-25T20:18:08","slug":"dunedin-teen-arrested-over-online-bomb-threat-to-kilbirnie-masjid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/100910\/","title":{"rendered":"Dunedin teen arrested over online bomb threat to Kilbirnie Masjid"},"content":{"rendered":"

A note from the Wellington Islamic Centre said the threat was made online and \u201cspecified the exact address of the Kilbirnie Masjid\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cPolice have the situation well in control and are now actively tracking and tracing the source of the threat.<\/p>\n

\u201cAll the other mosques and Islamic centres in Wellington<\/a> have been advised of the threat.\u201d <\/p>\n

The Federation of the Islamic Associations of New Zealand (FIANZ) advocacy chairman Abdur Razzaq told the Herald the mosque regularly receives threats. <\/p>\n

\u201cThis type of threat has happened before<\/a>. In each case, the Police has taken them very seriously.\u201d <\/p>\n

He sent a further note out following confirmation of the arrest.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe thank the Police team for the excellent work to bring this sad saga to a close within such a short time. Our appreciation also for the Police national coordination and liaison for keeping us informed at all stages. <\/p>\n

\u201cAs a consequence of this arrest, the normal activities of the Wellington Islamic Centre (Kilbirnie Masjid) shall resume.\u201d <\/p>\n

Inspector Ren\u00e9e Perkins, Acting Wellington District Commander yesterday said: \u201cOn 23 October, Police received a report of a threat towards a place of worship in the Wellington area.<\/p>\n

\u201cAn investigation is under way, however we want to reassure the community that at this stage there is no immediate known threat. <\/p>\n

\u201cPolice are speaking with community representatives and keeping them updated while the investigation continues.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhile the investigation is ongoing, Police are conducting reassurance patrols in the area.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A note from the Wellington Islamic Centre said the threat was made online and \u201cspecified the exact address…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":99783,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[56796,12067,11924,1558,1556,6788,73009,73011,8444,111,43,139,69,1642,1523,38988,5163,1555,61,52],"class_list":["post-100910","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-zealand","tag-18yearold","tag-aimed","tag-arrested","tag-been","tag-bomb","tag-dunedin","tag-kilbirnie","tag-masjid","tag-mosque","tag-new-zealand","tag-news","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-online","tag-over","tag-relation","tag-teen","tag-threat","tag-to","tag-wellington"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100910","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=100910"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100910\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/99783"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=100910"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=100910"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=100910"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}