{"id":545741,"date":"2026-01-27T01:36:17","date_gmt":"2026-01-27T01:36:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/545741\/"},"modified":"2026-01-27T01:36:17","modified_gmt":"2026-01-27T01:36:17","slug":"man-charged-with-making-explosives-after-perth-invasion-day-incident","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/545741\/","title":{"rendered":"Man charged with making explosives after Perth Invasion Day incident"},"content":{"rendered":"

A 31-year-old man has been charged after a potentially explosive device was thrown into a crowd of people at an Invasion Day rally in central Perth yesterday.<\/p>\n

Police yesterday evacuated a crowd of peaceful rally attendees about an hour into the protest at Forrest Place, in Perth’s CBD, moving people away from the main stage area.<\/p>\n

“You need to move. Your safety is paramount,” an officer told the gathering.<\/p>\n

WA Police Commissioner Col Blanch later told journalists a device had been found near the main stage containing ball bearings, screws and liquid in a glass container.<\/p>\n

A man from the northern Perth suburb of Warwick is due to face court later today after spending the night in police custody.<\/p>\n

He is 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.<\/p>\n

Warwick home searched<\/p>\n

Police spent hours searching the man’s home yesterday, with forensic teams present as well as officers in camouflage gear.<\/p>\n

\"A<\/p>\n

Police searched a home in Warwick as part of their investigation into an incident at an Invasion Day rally in Perth. (ABC News)<\/p>\n

The ABC understands the national Joint Counter Terrorism Team has been assisting WA Police as a matter of course given the investigation is in its early stages.<\/p>\n

Police surged the rally as the incident unfolded yesterday, warning people to leave the area and not panic.<\/p>\n

Large sections of Perth’s CBD were cordoned off for about two hours as police kept people away from Forrest Place, which is in the heart of the city’s shopping district.<\/p>\n

Neighbour in disbelief<\/p>\n

Andy Holler lives in the same neighbourhood in Warwick as the house which police searched overnight and was surprised to hear charges had been laid.<\/p>\n

“It’s all very quiet here and everybody’s peaceful, it’s a very simple community,” he said.<\/p>\n

\"A<\/p>\n

Andy Holler says the community is a convivial and peaceful one. (ABC News: Keane Bourke)<\/p>\n

“We have gatherings here every month at least once down on the street and get on very well.<\/p>\n

“I don’t think people are scared, it’s just disbelief really more than anything else.”<\/p>\n

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