Anti-migrant protester Danny Tommo arrested after boat with emergency worker on damaged in Channel
Police said the livestreamed attack damaged a migrant dinghy carrying about 50 people and left a French coastguard official aboard, prompting criminal damage and endangerment charges.
- On Wednesday, police arrested anti-migrant activist Daniel Thomas, known as 'Danny Tommo,' on suspicion of criminal damage and endangering ships following viral footage of him slashing a dinghy in the English Channel on Tuesday.
- Thomas, founder of the Patriot Platform, was filmed stabbing an inflatable vessel while a French coastguard official was onboard, allegedly aiming to prevent the boat's reuse after it transported nearly 60 migrants from Normandy.
- Hampshire Police arrested the 37-year-old on suspicion of destroying ships under the Aviation and Maritime Security Act 1990, with charges also including criminal damage with intent to endanger life and conduct endangering maritime structures.
- Following his activities, protesters gathered in Gosport to block migrant arrivals, prompting a massive police operation where six arrests were made alongside the ongoing boat investigation.
- Campaign group Stand Up To Racism condemned the footage as "disgusting," while authorities continue inquiries with the Patriot Platform leader remaining in custody pending investigation completion.
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Daniel Thomas did what militant anti-migrant critics have long fantasized about. He cut open a migrant boat in the open sea in the English Channel, and now he is a hero and martyr to far-right Britons – and arrested.
Sydney Morning Herald
Asylum seekers trigger UK protests, arrests as 781 arrive in one day
One high-profile protest organiser, Danny Tommo, was arrested after he sought to stop one of the inflatable boats by slashing it with a knife.
He left the Channel in handcuffs Daniel Thomas, exponent of the anti-immigration movement of the so-called hooded, after having ripped off with a knife a dinghy for the relief of migrants. The arrest took place after Danny Tommo, called by his supporters, published a video on YouTube in which, shouting "traitors" he tore the boat on which he was [...] L'articolo Scraps the dinghy for the rescue of migrants live on YouTube: arrested the extreme r…
UK far-right activist arrested over Channel incident: reports
A prominent British anti-migrant activist has reportedly been arrested following an incident involving the slashing of a small boat in the English Channel. The arrest coincided with a record daily high for migrant arrivals to the UK for the year.
Disturbing shots cause excitement in the UK: A far-right activist filmed himself slashing a refugee boat. The police took him into custody.
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