In documents tendered to the court, police state they asked Duong why he chose that location, and he replied “Because I dislike the Australian Christian Lobby”, over its “position on sexuality” and because “religions are failed”.
THE ACT Police have questions to answer over their handling of the Australian Christian Lobby bombing.
Some of those answers have to wait until after the trial of gay activist Jaden Duong, who hired a Toyota HiAce one-tonne van from Canberra airport, went to two Coles Express stores and bought four 8.5kg LPG bottles which he placed in the rear of the van.
He drove the van to the doorstep of the ACL headquarters in Canberra and, at about 9.30pm on December 21, detonated it in a blast that blew out windows, gutted the ground floor and caused $100,000 damage.
Duong, 36, who was injured in the explosion, appeared in ACT Magistrates Court on Wednesday on charges of arson and property damage. He pleaded not guilty on the grounds of mental impairment; his lawyers said they don’t dispute the police version of events.
