Dover firebomb attack motivated by terrorist ideology, police say

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The firebombing of an immigration processing centre in Dover was motivated by an extreme rightwing terrorist ideology, police have said.

Andrew Leak, 66, from High Wycombe in Buckinghamshire, is believed to have killed himself after throwing two or three “crude” incendiary devices at the Western Jet Foil site in Kent last Sunday.

Counter Terrorism Policing South East (CTPSE) said on Saturday that evidence had been recovered that indicated that the attack “was motivated by a terrorist ideology”.

“A number of significant witnesses have been spoken to during the course of the investigation and a number of items of interest have been recovered, including digital media devices,” a statement said. “Evidence from examining these items suggests there was an extreme rightwing motivation behind the attack.”

Police said there was no evidence Leak was working with anyone else or that there was any wider threat to the public.

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