A homemade “fragment bomb” thrown into a crowd at a Perth Invasion Day rally yesterday was hidden in a child’s Disney-themed sock, according to a woman who picked it up.
Police alleged the device was packed with chemicals and designed to explode on impact, but it did not detonate. It was thrown from a shopping centre balcony into the crowd, causing police to evacuate up to 2,500 people who they said had gathered for the January 26 event in central Perth.
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Source: ABC News
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