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Tristan Kirk

Failed asylum seeker left fake dynamite outside MI5 HQ, court hears

The MI5 building on the banks of the Thames - (PA Archive)

A failed asylum seeker sparked a terror alert with a fake stick of dynamite outside MI5 headquarters a day after being told he would be kicked out of the UK, a court has heard.

Brazilian national Julian Valente Pereira, 32, is accused of mocking up an explosive device with rolled up A4 paper, brown masking tape, and string to mimic a fuse, and leaving it outside Thames House in Central London.

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