A 21-year-old man has been arrested over a collection of arson assaults, police have mentioned, after a fireplace at a home owned by Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer.
The suspect was arrested within the early hours of Tuesday on suspicion of arson with intent to hazard life, in accordance with the Metropolitan Police.
He stays in custody.
Emergency companies have been referred to as to fires on the doorways of two houses in north London inside 24 hours of one another – one simply after 1.35am on Monday in Kentish City and the opposite on Sunday in Islington. Each properties are linked to Sir Keir.
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Police are investigating hyperlinks to a number of fires, which they’re treating as suspicious. Pic: LNP
Detectives have been additionally checking a automobile hearth final Thursday on the identical road because the Kentish City property to see whether or not it’s related.
A part of the world was cordoned off as police and London Hearth Brigade (LFB) investigators examined the scene.
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Emergency companies have been deployed to the scene in Kentish City, north London, on Monday. Pic: PA
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The prime minister is known to nonetheless personal the house which was broken by hearth on Monday, however no one was damage. Footage confirmed scorching on the entrance to the property.
Sir Keir used to dwell there earlier than he and his household moved into 10 Downing Road after Labour received final yr’s normal election. It’s believed the property is being rented out.
Within the early hours of Sunday, firefighters handled a small hearth on the entrance door of a home transformed into flats in close by Islington, which can also be linked to the prime minister.
In an announcement, police mentioned: “As a precaution and due to the property having previous connections with a high-profile public figure, officers from the Met’s Counter Terrorism Command are leading the investigation into this fire.
“Enquiries are ongoing to determine what precipitated it. All three fires are being handled as suspicious right now, and enquiries stay ongoing.”
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Counter-terror police are main the investigation. Pic: LNP
The Prime Minister’s official spokesman mentioned: “I can only say that the Prime Minister thanks the emergency services for their work and it is subject to a live investigation. So I can’t comment any further.”
“It is absolutely wrong, disgraceful, for any individual to take the kind of action that we saw against the Prime Minister’s home.”
