A photographer from the news agency Reuters, who was on the site, stated that a guy threw petrol bombs with attached fireworks towards the center. The suspect was later found deceased, according to police.
The suspect was discovered dead after petrol bombs were thrown at a Dover Border Force migrant center, according to authorities.
Shortly after 11:20 a.m., emergency teams were dispatched to the site in Kent after Reuters, which had a photographer on the scene, reported that a man had thrown petrol bombs tied to pyrotechnics at the center.
The moment the man tossed the homemade explosive through the car window was photographed by the photographer. The individual was observed throwing the container toward the center while holding a lighter in his hand.
Following the event, he committed suicide, the agency claimed.
Witness Brian Wood reported being approximately 200 meters from the immigration center when he heard “three bangs” and observed smoke.
“Then I heard the alarms and people screaming and hollering,” he continued.
Kent Police reported that “two to three incendiary devices” were hurled at the center by “a single suspect who arrived in a car.”
Two people sustained minor injuries, and the suspect was later discovered dead at a nearby gas station, according to the police.
Kent Police stated that officers discovered an additional gadget in the suspect’s vehicle that was deemed to be safe.
According to the police, some 700 suspected migrants have been sent to the Manston immigration processing center in Kent “to guarantee their safety during the initial part of the investigation.”
This week, an immigration monitor said he was rendered “speechless” by conditions at Manston and warned that the site has already reached an unsafe level.
David Neal, the chief inspector of borders and immigration, told MPs on Wednesday that Manston was designed to hold between 1,000 and 1,600 individuals, but there were 2,800 at the site on Monday, with more approaching.
Home Secretary Suella Braverman referred to the incident in Dover as “worrisome” and stated that she was “getting constant information” on the situation.
She continued, “My sympathies are with those affected, the dedicated Home Office personnel, and the responding police.”
Robert Jenrick, minister of immigration, tweeted that he was also being brought up to date: “Earlier today, a significant event occurred in Dover.
“The cops regularly update me on the situation.
My condolences go out to those affected, and my gratitude and respect go out to the Kent Police and Border Force personnel who are performing vital work to keep us secure.
Yvette Cooper, Labour’s shadow home secretary, tweeted that it was a “very distressing occurrence, and thanked the emergency services for their response. Our thoughts are with everyone touched by this.”
Natalie Elphicke, the Conservative representative for Dover, expressed “great dismay”
Yesterday, about one thousand migrants made the perilous voyage across the world’s busiest shipping lane and touched down at Dover.
