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British police mentioned that they had arrested a second individual in reference to a sequence of arson assaults at properties linked to Prime Minister Keir Starmer in North London, a day after a Ukrainian man was remanded in custody over the fires.
Police mentioned in an announcement on Saturday {that a} 26-year-old was arrested at London’s Luton Airport on suspicion of conspiracy to commit arson with intent to hazard life, and listed the identical incidents which had concerned properties related to Starmer.
Roman Lavrynovych, a 21-year-old Ukrainian, appeared at Westminster Magistrates’ courtroom on Friday accused of three counts of arson with intent to hazard life over the three fires, which befell final week.
British police had been final week known as to a blaze on the property in Kentish City, north London — the constituency Starmer represents. Nobody was injured, however the entrance to the house was broken.
Lavrynovych was arrested the next day in reference to that fireside and two additional incidents – a fireplace on the entrance to an house block in close by Islington and a fireplace involving a automobile, a Toyota RAV4, in Kentish City, each going down on separate days.
The automobile and each the properties had been linked to Starmer, the courtroom heard. Counter-terrorism police led the investigation given the involvement of such a high-profile public determine, the police mentioned.
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