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Identity of Australia Day terror attack accused revealed
Liam Alexander Hall faces life imprisonment after allegedly targeting First Nations protesters with a bomb at Perth’s Invasion Day rally, marking WA’s first terrorism charge.
- On February 17, 2026, Magistrate Lynette Dias lifted a suppression order after submissions from three media organisations, the WA Police prosecutor and counsel for the Commonwealth, allowing the accused to be named as Liam Hall.
- During the Invasion Day rally, an improvised grenade was allegedly hurled into about 2,500 demonstrators at Forrest Place, prompting thousands to evacuate after police found volatile chemicals near the stage.
- Police say the device consisted of a glass container and ball bearings filled with three explosive liquids; the fuse failed to ignite as it flew from an upper walkway outside Myers, and the 31-year-old accused was arrested before police searched his Warwick home.
- Commonwealth prosecutors added a terrorism charge, the first in Western Australia, and the accused faces state charges with the matter adjourned to March 31, 2026; a terrorism conviction carries life imprisonment.
- Authorities allege he self-radicalised online and accessed `pro-white` material, with Indigenous groups saying the delayed terror classification showed double standards and raised safety concerns.
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Accused in failed Invasion Day bombing attempt unmasked
The identity of a man accused of throwing a homemade bomb into a crowd of Australia Day protesters...
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