Police confirm suspect died after throwing two or three petrol bombs at site in Kent. A man threw petrol bombs attached with fireworks at a new Border Force immigration centre in Dover, police have confirmed, adding the suspect was found deceased nearby. The attacker, a white man in a blue-and-white gingham shirt, drove up to the centre in a white Seat sports utility vehicle. He threw three petrol bombs, one of which did not go off, according to a photographer for Reuters. The suspect was identified and located at a nearby petrol station where he was confirmed dead, police said. One minor injury was reported. A photograph of the incident showed a man releasing a plastic bottle taped to a lit firework as he drove away. The suspected attacker had been “identified and located”, police added, confirming reports that the suspect had died while saying inquiries were ongoing. In a statement, Kent police said: “Officers established that two to three incendiary devices had been thrown outside and into the premises by a single suspect who arrived at the scene in a car. (…) The incident has prompted a call for politicians to stop using anti-immigrant rhetoric. Clare Moseley, the founder of the campaign Care4Calais, said she was concerned recent rhetoric by ministers may have been a factor in the attack. She said: “We are seeing an escalation in hate on social mediaand threats against our volunteers. The rhetoric from this government’s ministers is shocking and divisive. They call refugees in Calais ‘illegal immigrants’ despite extensive evidence they are genuine refugees in desperate need of help.” Moseley said Sunday’s incident was reminder that hate speech could have deadly consequences.
via guardian: Petrol bombs thrown at immigration centre in Dover
siehe auch: Man throws petrol bombs and fireworks at migrant centre then kills himself. The man launched the bombs before killing himself, it has been claimed (Picture: Twittter) A man has attacked a migrant centre with petrol bombs before killing himself, witnesses have claimed. The attacker is said to have thrown the bombs with fireworks attached to them at a new British immigration border force centre in the Port of Dover. The incident happened at around 11.20am, Kent Police confirmed. (…) After the attack the man drove off and killed himself. Police arrived minutes after and cordoned off the area. Local police were not immediately available to comment.