By Kylie Stevens For Daily Mail Australia
Published: 23:05 GMT, 18 March 2019 | Updated: 00:37 GMT, 19 March 2019
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A Christchurch 'copycat' has made a chilling post on social media threatening to kill worshippers at a mosque in regional Victoria.
Victoria Police has confirmed they are investigating a report of 'concerning' social media posts detailing plans to carry out a mass shooting at the Islamic Society of Geelong mosque.
The threats were made on Sunday, just hours after hundreds of worshippers and community members flocked to the mosque to pay their respects to the 50 people killed in New Zealand's Christchurch terrorist attack on Friday.
Imam Shaykh Mohammad Ramzan (second right) welcomed thousands at the Geelong mosque on Sunday, including federal Labor frontbencher Richard Marles (second left) and Labor federal member Libby Coker (right)
The anonymous post was directed at Geelong.
'Yes I am a copy cat I will be visiting the mosque and kill as many invaders as I can in the time I get I will then shoot myself in front of police,' the post stated.
Police attended the mosque on Sunday night and conducted checks. The area was deemed safe before before the mosque was closed for the evening shortly after 6.30pm.
An anonymous post directed at the mosque threatened to 'kill as many invaders as I can'
'Local police
