Overview
- The terrorism charge is the first of its kind in Western Australia and carries a maximum penalty of life imprisonment.
- Police say the device was a homemade fragment bomb filled with liquid, screws and ball bearings, designed to detonate on impact but it failed to explode.
- Authorities allege the attack targeted Aboriginal people, with police saying the accused self‑radicalised online and accessed 'pro‑white' material.
- ASIO and the AFP joined WA Police within about 40 minutes of the incident, and investigators say there is no ongoing threat as inquiries continue into whether he acted alone.
- The accused remains in custody under a court‑ordered identity suppression and is due back in Perth Magistrates Court on February 17, as national leaders publicly condemned the attack.