‘Invasion Day’ Bomb Attack Now Deemed Potential Terrorist Act

A device containing nails and screws, intended to injure an Aboriginal performance group and onlookers, was thrown into a crowd but failed to explode.
‘Invasion Day’ Bomb Attack Now Deemed Potential Terrorist Act
A screen grab from a video of the suspect's arrest. Courtesy of WA Police
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Police are now treating the throwing of an explosive device, packed with nails and ball bearings, into an “Invasion Day” crowd in Perth as a potential act of terrorism.

A 31-year-old man from the northern Perth suburb of Warwick has been arrested and charged with intent to do harm in such a way as to endanger life, health or safety, and with making or possessing explosives under suspicious circumstances.

Rex Widerstrom
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