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Second man charged over role in mimicking Bondi attack

A second man faces multiple charges, accused of actions mimicking the Bondi Beach terrorist attack. (Dean Lewins/AAP PHOTOS)

A second man accused of mimicking the Bondi massacre with a friend before abusing bystanders has been charged.

His friend and co-accused, Zayne McMillan, was jailed after embarking on a racist rant on a footbridge at Bondi Beach on January 31.

McMillan, 23, was seen posing and moving his hands as though he was holding a long-arm firearm.

A memorial to the Bondi victims (file image)
Fifteen people were killed and 40 were injured in the Bondi Beach terrorist attack. (Sarah Wilson/AAP PHOTOS)

Two gunmen stood on the same bridge just six weeks earlier and opened fire on a crowd celebrating Hanukkah, leaving 15 people dead and dozens injured in Australia's deadliest anti-Semitic attack.

Police on Tuesday made a second arrest over the incident, charging a 23-year-old man after attending a supermarket in Double Bay.

The man has been charged with stalking or intimidating, intending to cause fear or physical harm and behaving in an offensive manner near a public place or school.

He has been granted conditional bail to appear at Waverley Local Court on May 20.

Zayne McMillan after being arrested (file image)
Zayne McMillan has been jailed over his racist outburst on the Bondi Beach footbridge. (PR IMAGE PHOTO)

Earlier in April, a judge sentenced McMillan to 12 months in jail after he pleaded guilty to three counts of offensive behaviour in a public place and two counts of intimidation.

The First Nations bricklayer, standing on the footbridge and heavily intoxicated, shouted “f*** the Jews” before intimidating a man walking with his young daughters. The girls burst into tears.

"I’m a Koori. I can do what I like," he said.

Accused terrorist Naveed Akram and his father Sajid opened fire during Hannukah celebrations at Bondi Beach in Sydney on December 14.

Fifteen people were killed, including a 10-year-old girl, and 40 people were injured, while Sajid Akram was shot dead by police.

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