A terror alert was triggered in central London when a failed asylum seeker left a fake stick of dynamite outside the MI5 headquarters. Brazilian national Julian Valente Pereira, 32, staged the protest at Thames House, the secret services base, just a day after receiving news of his impending deportation from the UK.
CCTV footage captured Pereira pushing paperwork related to his immigration case through the building's doors. He then retrieved the apparent "dynamite" from his bag. Initially, he tossed the object onto the pavement, allowing a CCTV operator to zoom in and reveal what appeared to be a fuse protruding from the brown cylinder. Pereira subsequently repositioned the item, propping it against the MI5 HQ doors, with a green cigarette lighter placed conspicuously nearby.
