Sydney car-bomb attack man charged

A 61-year-old man who allegedly set himself alight and tried to blow up his car in a police station driveway in Sydney's west has been charged.

The man drove his car filled with fuel and a gas cylinder, and set it alight in the Merrylands Police Station driveway on Thursday night, police say.

He suffered serious burns and was taken to Sydney's Royal North Shore Hospital, where he remains under police guard and is in a stable condition.

He has been charged with destroying or damaging property with intention of endangering life.

Police will be seeking a bedside court hearing in the coming days, depending on his medical condition.

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