Police Arrest Daniel Thomas Over Channel Boat Slashing That Carried 50 Migrants
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Updated · bbc.co.uk · Sep 24
Police Arrest Daniel Thomas Over Channel Boat Slashing That Carried 50 Migrants
3 articles · Updated · bbc.co.uk · Sep 24
Summary
A 37-year-old man identified as anti-migrant activist Daniel Thomas was arrested after footage appeared to show him slashing a migrant boat with a knife in the English Channel.
Hampshire and Isle of Wight Constabulary said he was held on suspicion of criminal damage with intent to endanger life and of endangering the safety of a ship, and remains in custody.
The boat had a French coastguard emergency responder on board when it was damaged; about 50 migrants who had travelled from Normandy were already taken to Dover for processing.
The arrest followed police review of Thomas's livestream from Tuesday, after he had used social media and recent Dover and Portsmouth protests to rally support for anti-migrant "mass resistance."