A 21-year-old man was arrested on Tuesday in reference to three fires, together with one at a north London home that’s owned by Britain’s prime minister, Keir Starmer.
London’s Metropolitan Police mentioned in a statement {that a} 21-year-old man had been arrested within the early hours of Tuesday on suspicion of arson with intent to hazard life. The person stays in custody.
On Monday, counterterrorism cops took over investigations into the fireplace. It broke out earlier that day outdoors the four-bedroom house the place Mr. Starmer lived till he received final yr’s normal election and moved into the prime minister’s official residence, 10 Downing Avenue.
The police have been additionally trying right into a automotive hearth on Might 8 in the identical road and a small hearth on Sunday on the entrance door of a home transformed into residences in Islington, north London, at a property that can be linked to Mr. Starmer.
The fires are being handled as suspicious and the police are investigating whether or not they’re linked, the assertion mentioned.
No person was damage in any of the fires however there was harm to the doorway of Mr. Starmer’s household house, which is rented out to tenants. British information retailers revealed pictures of a blackened and charred doorway.
Within the assertion on Monday, the Metropolitan Police mentioned: “As a precaution and because of the property having earlier connections with a high-profile public determine, officers from the Met’s Counter Terrorism Command are main the investigation into this fireplace. Enquiries are ongoing to determine what triggered it.”
