The suspect was found dead nearby after the incident at the immigration centre in Dover, police say.
A man has been found dead after incendiary devices were thrown at a Home Office migrant centre in Dover.
Two or three devices - described as petrol bombs by a witness - were thrown by the suspect, who was found dead at a nearby petrol station shortly later.Two people who had been inside the centre suffered minor injuries in the attack. Kent Police, which is leading the investigation, is not currently treating the incident as terrorism.A photographer with Reuters news agency who witnessed the incident reported a man had thrown petrol bombs with fireworks attached before taking his own life.Police had been called at 11.22 GMT on Sunday to The Viaduct, Dover, where the devices thrown by the suspect had started a fire.
Speaking to LBC radio, Ms Elphicke said the motivation of the perpetrator was so far unknown, but the centre is "a well-known facility" where small boats arrive before people are taken 20 miles away to the Manston asylum processing centre in Kent. The Dover site remained open but around 700 suspected migrants were moved to Manston - about 15 miles away - for their safety during the initial stages of the police investigation.
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