Dover attack driven by right-wing ideology – policeon November 5, 2022 at 11:49 am

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Firebomb attack at Dover immigration centre was primarily motivated by an extremist right-wing ideology, anti-terror police say

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The firebombing of an immigration processing centre was motivated by extreme right-wing terrorist ideology, police have said.

Andrew Leak, 66, from High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, threw up to three incendiary devices at the site in Dover, Kent, last Sunday.

He is believed to have later taken his own life.

Counter Terrorism Policing South East (CTPSE) said evidence showed it “was motivated by a terrorist ideology”.

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