Dover firebomb attack | |
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Location | Dover, Kent, England |
Coordinates | 51°06′55″N 1°18′43″E / 51.11540°N 1.31198°E |
Date | 30 October 2022 11:20 (GMT) |
Attack type | Arson |
Weapons | Petrol bomb |
Deaths | 1 (the perpetrator) |
Injured | 2 |
Motive | Far-right extremism |
On 30 October 2022, a petrol bomb attack was perpetrated against a Border Force centre for processing migrants in Dover, Kent, England. Two people suffered minor injuries.
After the attack, the suspect, a 66-year-old man from High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, drove to a nearby petrol station where he killed himself.