Men storm NSW cinema shouting Allah Akbar

A group of men have burst into a cinema in western Sydney and shouted the battle cry associated with Islamist terrorism.

NSW Police are investigating after a group of men reportedly screaming "Allah Akbar" entered a western Sydney cinema leaving customers rattled.

Officers were called to the Hoyts Blacktown at Westpoint shopping centre about 8pm on Sunday night after reports of a disturbance.

Investigators were told four men yelled comments within two cinemas at the complex causing some concerned patrons to leave the building, a police spokesman told AAP on Tuesday.

Cinemagoers told News Corp Australia the group of men shouted "Allah Akbar" before they fled. One of the screens was showing Baywatch.

Police officers searched the Hoyts and found nothing suspicious.

No one has been charged yet but investigations are continuing, the police spokesman said on Tuesday.


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