A SECOND man has been arrested over the alleged arson attack on Keir Starmer’s home in North London.
The 26-year-old was arrested around 1:45pm today at London Luton Airport on suspicion of conspiracy to commit arson with intent to endanger life.
The arrest was made by counter terrorism officers from the Eastern Region Special Operations Unit.
The man has been taken into police custody in London.
The arrest relates to three incidents - a vehicle fire in NW5 on 8 May, a fire at the entrance of a property in N7 on 11 May and a fire at a residential address in NW5 in the early hours of 12 May.
It comes after a man was charged earlier this week over the alleged arson attack on Sir Keir Starmer’s house.
Roman Lavrynovych 21, a Ukrainian national, has been charged with three counts of arson with intent to endanger life, police have said.
The charges, which were authorised by the Crown Prosecution Service, relate to the same three incidents mentioned above.
Lavrynovych was arrested in the early hours of 13 May and has remained in custody after warrants of further detention were obtained.
He is due to appear at Westminster Magistrates’ Court on Friday, 16 May.
Earlier this week, the Prime Minister brokehis silence on thealleged arsonfor the first time,slammingthe assault on “the values that we stand for”;;.
