Overview
- Liam Alexander Hall, 32, was publicly identified after a magistrate ended a suppression order on his identity.
- Hall faces two WA state charges and a Commonwealth count of engaging in a terrorist act, the first such charge laid in Western Australia, carrying a potential life sentence if proven.
- Police allege he threw a homemade fragment device—glass with liquid, screws and ball bearings—into the rally crowd, prompting the evacuation of roughly 2,000 to 2,500 people when it failed to detonate.
- He did not appear at the latest hearing after a treating psychiatrist found him unfit to attend; the case was adjourned to March 31 with Hall remaining in custody.
- Investigators say he self‑radicalised online, accessed pro‑white material and bomb‑making instructions, and they seized items consistent with homemade explosives during searches.