 He threw three petrol bombs with fireworks attached, one of which did not go off, said a Reuters photographer who was present at the scene. The petrol bombs exploded as flames erupted and the man drove away from the scene. A local MP later said the individual had committed suicide. Footage shared on social media had captured a fire at the processing centre and a nearby petrol station. Orange flames and thick black smoke could be seen billowing outside the centre as a staff walked nearby. A man threw three petrol bombs attached with fireworks ( GBNews) Images of a white car said to belong to the attacker, have also been released. It comes as people living in the English Channel port town are terrified to leave their homes after the attack. One pension, who asked not to be named, blamed the incident on a lack of policing in the town. She said: 'I live right on top of the immigration centre. We have all the migrants coming u){kind=link}
The suspect, who was found dead at a nearby petrol station after the Manston migrant-holding facility in Dover had petrol bombs thrown at it, has been identified as a 66-year-old man
Police raided a property today after an immigration centre was firebombed.
The suspect, who was found dead at a nearby petrol station to the Manston migrant-holding facility in Dover, has been identified as a 66-year-old man who lived nearly 120 miles away, police said.
The man is from the High Wycombe area as Kent Police say they are working with Thames Valley Police to execute a warrant on a property.
Yesterday a witness claimed a man threw petrol bombs at a new British immigration border force centre before killing himself, a witness has claimed.