UK Immigration Centre Firebomb Attack Declared ‘Terrorist Incident’
UK police on Saturday declared that a recent firebomb attack on a processing centre holding immigrants smuggled into the UK was a “terrorist incident,” saying it was primarily motivated by “terrorist ideology.”
Counter Terrorism Policing South East (CTPSE) said evidence suggested “an extreme right wing motivation behind the attack” while mental health was also very likely a factor.
The firebomb attack on Oct. 30 was launched by Andrew Leak, who was seen hurling incendiary devices at a processing centre in Dover, Kent, where people smuggled into the UK on small boats across the English Channel are first held before being transferred to other accommodations….