UK Immigration Center Firebomb Attack Declared ‘Terrorist Incident’

UK Immigration Center Firebomb Attack Declared ‘Terrorist Incident’
Members of the military and UK Border Force extinguish a fire from a petrol bomb, targeting the Border Force centre in Dover, Britain, on Oct. 30, 2022. Peter Nicholls/Reuters
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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.