Anti-migrant activist Daniel Thomas has been arrested in connection with a video that appears to show him slashing a boat in the English Channel with a knife. Hampshire and Isle of Wight Constabulary confirmed the arrest of a 37-year-old man of no fixed abode on Wednesday.
The arrest is on suspicion of criminal damage with intent to endanger life and endangering the safety of a ship. The police force stated that a "boat that had an emergency responder on board" was damaged in the Channel. Mr Thomas, known as Danny Tommo, remains in custody.
The force had previously stated it was investigating the video, which Mr Thomas had live-streamed on social media on Tuesday. A French coastguard official was reportedly on board the boat at the time of the incident, after approximately 50 migrants had been taken to Dover.