A man wielding a knife allegedly threatened a group of Afghan Azara refugees as they attended a football training session in Sydney.
Police confirmed a 29-year-old has been charged after threats were made in a park in Merrylands on Tuesday. But a police spokesman would not comment on the nature of the threat or the ethnicity of those threatened.
The spokesman said a man ran through a park on Cambridge Street about 5.25pm, threatening a group of youths.
"He left and then returned with a knife and further threatened them," he said.
The Register Australia, a Facebook page set up by members of Australia's Muslim community to report anti-Muslim sentiment, said young Afghan Azara refugees were the target of the threats.
A report describing the incident said the man approached the young men and asked them about their ethnicity, before calling them "Muslim terrorists".
"An altercation then took place between them and the young men chased the man out of the park," the report said. "The man allegedly later returned to the park with a knife, threatening to 'stab' the young men."
The incident occurred less than 10 kilometres from where a man entered an Islamic school with a knife on Thursday, threatening staff and students. The two incidents were not believed to be related.
The man was taken to Merrylands police station and charged with affray, intimidation and using an offensive weapon. He was granted conditional bail and will appear in Fairfield local court on Wednesday November 5.