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A person has been arrested in reference to a hearth at Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer’s household residence in north London.
The Metropolitan Police stated a 21-year-old was arrested within the early hours of Tuesday on suspicion of arson with intent to hazard life.
In a press release, the Met stated the arrest associated to the hearth on the four-bedroom home in Kentish City within the early hours of Monday, in addition to a automobile that caught hearth in current days on the identical road and a blaze at an workplace constructing that has a connection to Starmer within the N7 postcode.
The fireplace on the Starmer household residence, which the prime minister rented out to tenants after shifting to 10 Downing Road in July final yr, brought about injury to the property’s entrance.
Within the assertion, the Metropolitan Police stated: “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 ascertain what brought about it.”
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