Man incited racial violence with Cronulla bashing calls
A young man has admitted to inciting racial violence in the immediate aftermath of the Bondi Beach massacre by calling for bashings at a beach that was at the centre of infamous race riots 20 years ago.
Ryder Roy Shaw, 20, used an alias to post two images on TikTok on December 15, 2025, that urged followers to "stand the f--- up" and riot at Cronulla Beach the following Saturday.
His inflammatory posts called for violence towards Middle Eastern people more than two decades after the beach became the epicentre of infamous race riots.
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Shaw was accused of inciting violence following the Bondi Beach terror attack. Supplied
More than 100 people were arrested during the December 11, 2005, riots, which followed a circulated text message that called on "Aussies" to show people of Middle Eastern descent they were not welcome.
Shaw echoed the rhetoric in his TikTok posts, captioning one image with a misspelled entreaty for Australians to gather in "huge crowds" at the beach for "Middle Eastern Bashing Day".
"Spread the work! (sic) Wake up Australia," he wrote.
After sharing the images under a pseudonym, the Narara resident commented using a TikTok account in his own name, which publicises that he "HATE(s) Islam".
"Let's make it happen," he wrote under one of the images.
The riots did not eventuate, and Shaw was arrested at his home on the NSW Central Coast on December 21.
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Ryder Shaw. Supplied
Through his lawyer, he pleaded guilty to inciting violence towards a group based on race and based on religion in Gosford Local Court on Thursday.
Shaw has been in custody since his arrest and did not appear in court when his matter was mentioned.
He faces a maximum penalty of two years' imprisonment for each offence when he is sentenced in May.
Shaw's posts came a day after two gunmen opened fire on a crowd celebrating Hanukkah at Bondi Beach on the evening of December 14, killing 15 people and wounding dozens more.
When asked about the calls for riots, NSW Premier Chris Minns warned that anyone seeking to whip up racial violence or division would be investigated by police.
"There is zero tolerance for it right now," he said at the time.
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NSW Premier Chris Minns warned that anyone seeking to whip up racial violence or division would be investigated by police. Dominic Lorrimer
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