Noongar elder Herbert Bropho was addressing the crowd at the ‘terrifying’ moment alleged device landed on stage

Chilling new allegations have been made about the potentially deadly device that was designed to explode on impact.

A 31-year-old man has been charged following allegations that a homemade bomb was thrown into a crowd of protestors in Perth, with police treating the incident as a serious public safety matter

A 31-year-old man is charged with making explosives in suspicious circumstances after a device was allegedly thrown into a crowd of hundreds of people attending an Invasion Day rally in central Perth yesterday.

Thousands of protesters have descended on the Perth CBD this afternoon with two separate rallies held to mark the Australia Day public holiday.