Man assaults UK migrant processing centre, kills himself By Reuters

DOVER, England (Reuters) – A person threw petrol bombs hooked up with fireworks at a centre for processing migrants within the southern English port of Dover (NYSE:) on Sunday after which killed himself, a Reuters photographer mentioned.

The attacker, a white man in a checked shirt, drove as much as the centre in a white SEAT sports activities utility automobile at round 1120 GMT. He obtained out and threw three petrol bombs, certainly one of which didn’t go off, the photographer mentioned.

He then drove to a close-by petrol station, tied an improvised noose round his neck, hooked up it to a metallic pole and drove off, killing himself, the photographer mentioned.

“Officers established that two to a few incendiary gadgets had been thrown right into a Residence Workplace immigration premises,” Kent Police mentioned in an announcement.

“One minor damage has been reported. The suspect has been recognized and positioned. Enquiries into the incident stay ongoing.”

Video posted on social media by a GB Information journalist confirmed employees placing out a small hearth on the centre’s exterior wall.

The assault comes within the midst of a extremely charged political debate about immigration in Britain.

The variety of individuals making an attempt the harmful crossing over the Channel to enter Britain has risen sharply. The federal government is going through criticism from some quarters that border controls are too weak, whereas charities and human rights teams say asylum seekers are being handled inhumanely.

On Saturday, the Occasions reported that choices made by Residence Secretary Suella Braverman led on to overcrowding and outbreaks of scabies and diphtheria at a special migrant processing centre in Kent, citing a number of authorities sources.