The man launched the bombs before killing himself, it has been claimed (Picture: Twittter)
The man launched the bombs before killing himself, it has been claimed (Picture: Twittter)

A man has attacked a migrant centre with petrol bombs before killing himself, witnesses have claimed.

The attacker is said to have thrown the bombs with fireworks attached to them at a new British immigration border force centre in the Port of Dover.

The incident happened at around 11.20am, Kent Police confirmed.

Witnesses said the white man in a striped top drove up to the centre in a white Seat sports car.

He got out and threw three petrol bombs, one of which did not go off, a photographer told Reuters.

A fire burns next to the Border Force centre after a firebomb attack in Dover, Britain, October 30, 2022. REUTERS/Peter Nicholls
A fire burns right next to the Border Force centre (Picture: Reuters)
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The car allegedly involved in the incident (Picture: PA)
Members of the military and UK Border Force extinguish a fire from a petrol bomb, targeting the Border Force centre in Dover, Britain, October 30, 2022. REUTERS/Peter Nicholls
Members of the military and UK Border Force extinguish the flames (Picture: Reuters)
Dover Petrol Bomb & Suicide
Police have cordoned off the area (Picture: Twitter / GB News)
The man drove up to immigration centre before launching a number of petrol bombs (Picture: Twitter / GB News)
The man drove up to immigration centre before launching a number of petrol bombs (Picture: Twitter / GB News)
Dover Petrol Bomb & Suicide
Emergency services at the Port of Dover(Picture: Twitter/GB News)

After the attack the man drove off and killed himself.

Police arrived minutes after and cordoned off the area.

Local police were not immediately available to comment.

A Home Office spokesperson said: ‘We are aware of an incident at Western Jet Foil, Dover and police are in attendance.

‘It would not be appropriate to comment further at this stage.’

A Kent Police spokeswoman said: ‘Kent Police was called at 11.22am on Sunday 30 October 2022 to The Viaduct in Dover.

‘Officers established that two to three incendiary devices had been thrown into a Home Office immigration premises.

‘One minor injury has been reported. The suspect has been identified and located. Enquiries into the incident remain ongoing.’

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