Dover Migrant Centre Attack (30th October 2022)

[BristolEcho]

Sorry if there is a thread for this - I've been trying to see if it was being discussed in one of the various threads but couldn't find it so possibly missed it.

Dover attack on migrant centre driven by hate, say terror police

Andrew Leak carried out a "despicable" firebomb attack at a migrant centre before he was found dead.

www.google.com

Seems the attack will likely be defined as a terrorist attack. Surprised it took so long.

Bloke was posting lots of anti-migrant material online from the usual suspects.

It's been pretty shit that that a lot of the reporting has covered Asylum Seekers and Migrants as being a problem and given platform to the likes of Farage. I can't think of many terror attacks where the focus is on the victims and if they should have been there or not.

 

[A380]

No idea why it took so long for old bill / spooks to decide this?

 

[platinumsage]

The Mail had a scoop on the guy, with the epic headline “Revealed: Migrant centre petrol bomber was Joker-obsessed, far-Right-supporting cannabis smoker, 66, who had battled bouts of mental illness 'since his son died after Covid jab and he lost his penis to cancer’”

 

[DaveCinzano]

Just another misunderstood patriot

Dover petrol bomb attacker said he planned to ‘obliterate Muslim children’

Andrew Leak’s final tweet revealed in archive compiled by anti-fascist charity Hope Not Hate

www.theguardian.com

 

[DaveCinzano]

This is an interesting thread by someone who waded through the dude's various social media feeds starting with a 2014 Twitter account:

 

[BristolEcho]

This is an interesting thread by someone who waded through the dude's various social media feeds starting with a 2014 Twitter account:

Really interesting thread. Grim and sad. Will follow them through fritter.

 

[Dystopiary]

This is an interesting thread by someone who waded through the dude's various social media feeds starting with a 2014 Twitter account:

Here on thread reader:

Thread by @rajanbasra on Thread Reader App

 

[AmateurAgitator]

I thought this was a good article on the subject

Why is the fascist background of anti-migrant Dover arsonist being played down?

Andrew Leak was active on social media, sharing the content of far-right organisations including Traditional Britain Group, Turning Point UK and the US-based anti-Islamic movement ACT for America.

www.wsws.org

 

[Cerv]

Dover migrant centre attack driven by right-wing ideology - police

Andrew Leak threw up to three incendiary devices at the site in Dover, Kent, last Sunday.

www.bbc.co.uk

Counter Terrorism Policing South East (CTPSE) said evidence showed it "was motivated by a terrorist ideology".
A police statement on Saturday said: "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.
"Evidence from examining these items suggests there was an extreme right wing motivation behind the attack."

took them a week but they've figured this out

 

[DaveCinzano]

Dover migrant centre attack driven by right-wing ideology - police

Andrew Leak threw up to three incendiary devices at the site in Dover, Kent, last Sunday.

www.bbc.co.uk

took them a week but they've figured this out

Takes a long time to check through the logs of their own WhatsApp chats