<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>A man accused of throwing a homemade bomb into an Invasion Day rally crowd has faced court for the first time since being charged.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Liam Alexander Hall, 32, is accused of engaging in a terrorist act over the incident in Perth on January 26.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Thousands of people were evacuated from Forrest Place in Perth's city centre after police found an object containing volatile chemicals, nails and metal ball bearings.</span></div></div><div><div id="adspot-mobile-medium"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE: </span></strong><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/dezi-freeman-victoria-police-arrest-two-people-in-investigation/35985beb-f17a-4cf2-9d64-d52e2a66cdbb"><strong><span>Two arrested as part of Dezi Freeman investigation</span></strong></a><strong></strong></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Police allege Hall threw the explosive device from a walkway above the crowd of Indigenous people, families and supporters.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The device did not detonate despite a fuse allegedly being lit.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Hall's case has previously been heard in Perth Magistrates Court, but he was too unwell to appear on those occasions.</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/national/liam-hall-failed-australia-day-bombing-accused-faces-court/f1bfa887-9793-423a-97b0-80aff57ee2a8" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>On Tuesday, he was present in a courtroom at a psychiatric hospital, where the three charges against him were read via a video-link.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE: </span></strong><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/aussies-detained-by-israel-join-dozens-of-protesters-at-parliament-house/55c1e067-566c-48cd-9ca6-2af86f4554ce"><strong><span>Dozens of protesters shut down part of Parliament House</span></strong></a><strong></strong></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Hall, dressed in a white shirt and black pants with unkempt hair, wasn't required to enter a plea and said very little.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>He slowly raised his hand to acknowledge his identity and softly said "yes madam" when magistrate Heidi Watson asked if he was Liam Hall.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Hall also said he understood when Ms Watson read the three charges he is facing to him for the first time.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>In addition to the terrorism charge - the first in Western Australia's history - Hall is charged with intent to harm after he allegedly "threw an improvised grenade into a protester crowd".</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Hall is also accused of making and possessing explosives.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE: </span></strong><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/child-found-dead-lowood-home-ipswich-brisbane/8f64aba5-0a44-4d5a-b001-8ad3a15499db"><strong><span>Mother called police after allegedly murdering four-year-old daughter</span></strong></a><strong></strong></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Police will allege the incident was a nationalist and racially motivated attack targeting First Nations people at the protest.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Hall was self-radicalised and acted alone, police previously said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>He had allegedly accessed bomb-making instructions and "pro-white male" material online, and was accessing and participating in the ideology.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Hall was remanded in custody, and his case was adjourned to September 16 for committal mention in Stirling Gardens Magistrates Court.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The court previously heard Hall was in a vulnerable mental health condition and was living alone when the alleged Australia Day attack happened.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>If he is found guilty of the terrorism offence, he faces life behind bars.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Lifeline 13 11 14</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>beyondblue 1300 22 4636</span></div></div>