Second arrest after fires at Starmer's houses
發佈日期: 2025-05-18 15:30
TVB News
UK police have arrested a second person in connection with a series of fires at properties linked to Prime Minister Keir Starmer.
The blazes, being treated as arson attacks by police, happened in North London in recent days.
The second arrest follows that of a Ukrainian man who has already been remanded in custody over the fires.
A statement reads: A 26-year-old was arrested at London's Luton Airport on suspicion of conspiracy to commit arson with intent to endanger life.
It goes on to list the same incidents which involved the properties connected to the prime minister.
Twenty-one-year-old Ukrainian Roman Lavrynovych appeared at Westminster Magistrates' Court on Friday accused of three counts of arson with intent to endanger life.
The London Metropolitan Police were called to a blaze at the property in Kentish Town, the constituency Starmer represents, on Monday. No one was injured but the entrance to the home was damaged.
Lavrynovych was arrested the following day and later charged with starting that fire and two further incidents -- a fire at the entrance to an apartment block in nearby Islington and a fire involving a car in Kentish Town, both taking place on separate days.
The car and both the properties were linked to Starmer, the court heard.
Counter-terrorism police led the investigation.
