A 3rd man has been arrested over alleged arson assaults at properties related to Sir Keir Starmer, the Met Police says.
The 34-year-old was arrested on Monday morning in south-west London on suspicion of conspiracy to commit arson with intent to hazard life, the power mentioned.
His arrest follows that of two different males in reference to the fires.
The arrests relate to 3 incidents: a car hearth in Kentish City, a fireplace on the prime minister’s non-public dwelling on the identical road, and a fireplace at an tackle the place he beforehand lived in north-west London.
On Saturday, a 26-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of the identical offence at Luton Airport.
A 3rd man known as Roman Lavrynovych, 21, has already been charged with three counts of arson with intent to hazard life in reference to the fires.
He appeared in courtroom final Friday the place he entered no pleas to the costs.
The BBC understands that Mr Lavrynovych, a Ukrainian builder and roofer, denied arson in a police interview.
He has been remanded in custody till the following scheduled listening to on the Outdated Bailey on 6 June.
Police have been given additional time to query the person who was arrested at Luton Airport. He stays in police custody and has not been named.
There are three separate incidents being investigated and these are being led by the Metropolitan Police’s Counter Terrorism Command due to the reference to a high-profile public determine.
Emergency companies responded to a fireplace within the early hours of 12 Could on the Kentish City dwelling the place Sir Keir lived earlier than turning into prime minister and transferring into 10 Downing Avenue.
Harm was brought on to the doorway of the property, which it’s understood Sir Keir nonetheless owns and rents out, however no one was harm.
On 8 Could, a automotive Sir Keir bought to a neighbour in 2024 caught hearth on the identical road.
On 11 Could, firefighters handled a small hearth on the entrance door of a home transformed into flats in close by Islington, which the prime minister beforehand lived at.
