00:00Police say about 2,000 people were at the Invasion Day rally in Perth's CBD and it
00:12could have ended in tragedy.
00:14At the very least it would have seriously injured people if not killed them.
00:18Police say a member of the public standing on the first floor of the building up there
00:22behind me saw a man throw something into the crowd down here.
00:26They then alerted police and that man was then arrested.
00:30The ABC has spoken to a woman who was standing down here in the crowd.
00:34She says the device landed right in front of her and after a couple of minutes she actually
00:39picked it up and handed it to police.
00:42When I picked it up what I did notice was it was quite heavy and it I kind of peered into
00:47it and then sort of looked away but it had it kind of looked like glass and it looked
00:52like almost like tablet capsules around it.
00:56It's not clear why the device failed to detonate.
00:59What was wrapped around the container was screws, nails and ball bearings.
01:05Why it's happened you know I mean, on Australia Day, this is a day that we are mourning.
01:10Overnight police searched a home in Perth's northern suburbs.
01:14Boxes which appear to have contained chemicals visible in the carport.
01:18This was an incident that is quite shocking and he's been charged with two serious offences.
01:26WA police are working with the AFP, ASIO and counter-terrorism officers to determine the
01:33accused man's motivations.
01:34To be a terrorist act we have to determine whether there is political motivations, religious
01:40motivations or there's an ideological motivation.
01:44Those investigations are continuing.
01:48the Overnight police say the matter, so they're going to be a man.
01:51There's a woman who's at least one of these times.
01:52All right, so I'm going to take care of.
01:54What is this one, the man who wants to do?
01:56It's a woman who wants to do.
01:57And you've got to be a man, do you have to?
01:58I haven't been sit right now.
01:59I was going to be a man.
02:00I'm going to take care of this man, do you know these people?
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