Police have arrested a man over suspected arson attacks on property linked to Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer. The 21-year-old was arrested in the early hours of Tuesday on suspicion of arson with intent to endanger life, Metropolitan Police said. He remains in custody.The arrest follows a fire at the prime minister’s private home in Kentish Town, north London, in the early hours of Monday. On Sunday, emergency services were called to a small fire at the front door of a house converted into flats in nearby Islington, a property also linked to Sir Keir. One person was assisted to safety via an internal staircase by firefighters, London Fire Brigade (LFB) said.Police are also looking at a car fire as part of the investigation.Counter-terrorism police are leading the probe, and are treating the fires as suspicious and investigating whether they are linked.”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,” the Metropolitan Police said.The first fire under investigation happened just before 03:00 BST on Thursday, when firefighters were called to a small car fire on the same street as the prime minister’s Kentish Town home. Sir Keir is understood to still own the home, but lives at Downing Street. He lived in the home before the 2024 general election and it has been rented …
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[mwai_chat context=”Let’s have a discussion about this article:nnPolice have arrested a man over suspected arson attacks on property linked to Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer. The 21-year-old was arrested in the early hours of Tuesday on suspicion of arson with intent to endanger life, Metropolitan Police said. He remains in custody.The arrest follows a fire at the prime minister’s private home in Kentish Town, north London, in the early hours of Monday. On Sunday, emergency services were called to a small fire at the front door of a house converted into flats in nearby Islington, a property also linked to Sir Keir. One person was assisted to safety via an internal staircase by firefighters, London Fire Brigade (LFB) said.Police are also looking at a car fire as part of the investigation.Counter-terrorism police are leading the probe, and are treating the fires as suspicious and investigating whether they are linked.”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,” the Metropolitan Police said.The first fire under investigation happened just before 03:00 BST on Thursday, when firefighters were called to a small car fire on the same street as the prime minister’s Kentish Town home. Sir Keir is understood to still own the home, but lives at Downing Street. He lived in the home before the 2024 general election and it has been rented …nnDiscussion:nn” ai_name=”RocketNews AI: ” start_sentence=”Can I tell you more about this article?” text_input_placeholder=”Type ‘Yes'”]
