A man was taken into custody after an Invasion Day rally was evacuated following a bomb scare.
A device is understood to have been thrown into the crowd gathered at Forrest Place, in Perth‘s CBD, on Sunday.
‘Members of the public that were situated on the upper level on the eastern side of Forrest Place observed a male throw an object down in front of the stage area,’ Police Commissioner Col Blanch said.
‘Police immediately responded. They arrested the person who threw the device and that male indicated that that device may contain explosives.’
The device was thrown around 30 minutes after the rally had kicked off at 12pm, with speeches underway.
A 31-year-old man is assisting police with their inquiries.
‘The device that was located just in front of the stage area contained ball bearings, contained screws and those items were wrapped around an unknown-at-this-stage liquid in a glass container,’ Police Commissioner Blanch said.
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A man was taken into custody after an Invasion Day rally was evacuated over fears of a bomb (stock image)