The suspect was later found dead after petrol bombs were thrown at the centre.

Kent Police officers carried out a warrant at a property in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire today.

Police said "two to three incendiary devices" were thrown at the centre by "a single suspect who arrived at the scene in a car".

Emergency crews were called to the site in Kent shortly after 11.20am on Sunday after Reuters news agency - who had a photographer at the scene - reported that a man had thrown petrol bombs attached with fireworks at the centre.

The photographer captured the moment the man hurled the homemade bomb from the car window. The man was seen with a lighter in his hand as he threw the container towards the centre.

The agency reported that the man took his own life following the incident.

One witness named Brian Wood told Sky News he was about 200 metres away from the migrant centre and heard "three bangs" and saw smoke.