"Australian authorities have declared an attempted bombing at an Indigenous rights rally in Perth last month an act of terror, charging a 31-year-old man with one of the most serious offences in the Commonwealth Criminal Code. The Western Australia Joint Counter Terrorism Team (JCTT) said in a press statement on Thursday that the man removed a home-made improvised explosive device from his bag and threw it into a crowd at a rally in Perth's Central Business District on January 26."
"The device failed to detonate, and no casualties were reported among the several thousand people who attended the rally, held in support of First Nations people. The event was part of a series of nationwide Invasion Day protests organised to advocate for Indigenous rights and to protest against the historical dispossession of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. If found guilty, the man could face life imprisonment under the country's law."
"On Tuesday, Minister for Indigenous Australians Malarndirri McCarthy condemned the incident, characterising the attempted bombing as an assault on Australian social cohesion. The Albanese Government condemns this sickening and abhorrent incident, she said in a Senate statement, Indigenous News Australia reported. An attack on First Nations Australians is an attack on all Australians. First Nations Australians, like all Australians, must be able to gather"
Authorities declared an attempted bombing at an Indigenous rights rally in Perth an act of terror and charged a 31-year-old man under the Commonwealth Criminal Code. Police say he removed a home-made improvised explosive device from his bag and threw it into a crowd on January 26; the device failed to detonate and no casualties were reported among several thousand attendees. The rally formed part of nationwide Invasion Day protests advocating for Indigenous rights and protesting historical dispossession. The man faces a possible life sentence if convicted and will remain in custody until his next court appearance; political leaders condemned the attack as racist and harmful to social cohesion.
Read at www.aljazeera.com
Unable to calculate read time
Collection
[
|
...
]