UK IMMIGRATION CENTER ATTACK WAS A ‘TERRORIST’ ATTACK, POLICE SAY

Sat 05 November 2022:

The attack on an immigration center in Dover last week using a petrol bomb was inspired by extreme right-wing ideology, according to British authorities.

Nobody was critically injured in the October 30 assault in the southern English port town, and police said 66-year-old Andrew Leak, who was discovered dead at a nearby service station shortly after the attack, appeared to have acted alone.

“Counter Terrorism Policing South East (CTPSE) … have recovered evidence that indicates the attack at an immigration centre in Dover on Sunday, 30 October 2022, was motivated by a terrorist ideology,” the body said in a statement on Saturday.

“There is currently nothing to suggest the offender was working alongside anyone else and there is not believed to be any wider threat to the public,” the police statement said.

Tim Jacques, senior national coordinator for counter terrorism policing, added that while there were “strong indications that mental health was likely a factor”, he had concluded that the “suspect’s actions were primarily driven by an extremist ideology”.

These met the “threshold for a terrorist incident”, he said.

On Sunday, homemade incendiary bombs were thrown at the Western Jet Foil Border Force center in Dover, injuring two staff members.

Thousands of individuals who undertook the perilous trek over the English Channel to seek asylum in the United Kingdom make their first stop at the Dover immigration station.

In Britain, immigration has become a contentious political topic.

An unprecedented 38,000 people have attempted the risky trek since the beginning of the year, the government’s home affairs select committee was informed on October 26.

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has stated that the United Kingdom is a kind and accepting place for asylum seekers, but this is contingent on the country’s ability to successfully control its borders.

Suella Braverman, the UK’s Home Secretary, sparked uproar earlier this week when she referred to the arrivals as a “invasion,” prompting a rebuke from the new UN rights head.

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