All news on the topic: Arson

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Ilford restaurant blaze: teenager and man held on suspicion of arson
A 15-year-old boy and a 54-year-old man have been arrested on suspicion of arson with the intent to endanger life following a fire at a restaurant in Ilford.
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Suspected arson in Ilford: five people hospitalized, including three critically injured
Five people have been rushed to hospital, including three who are in a life-threatening condition, as police investigate a suspected arson attack at a restaurant in Ilford, East London.
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UK gang jailed for Wagner-ordered arson in London’s Ukraine-aid warehouse attack
Three men have been convicted of committing an arson attack on a warehouse associated with Ukraine on behalf of the terrorist Wagner Group.
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Hunt for Starmer: fourth arson suspect detained at airport
A fourth individual has been arrested in connection with the arsons associated with Keir Starmer’s properties in North London.
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UK probes possible Russian involvement in arson attacks targeting PM Starmer
British law enforcers are looking into possible Russian trail in arson attacks on property owned by PM Keir Starmer
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Ukrainian man charged with arson after fires at properties linked to UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer
A citizen of Ukraine has been accused of three counts of arson with the intent to endanger life concerning fires at two properties and a car associated with Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer.
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Three Ukrainians arrested in Germany on suspicion of espionage and preparing explosives for Russia
German prosecutors stated that three Ukrainian nationals have been arrested on suspicion of acting as ’secret agents’ and planning to send parcels with explosives to Ukraine in an act of ’sabotage’ for Russia.
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Residents of the ’caravan city’ arm themselves with axes and bats following an ’arson attack’
An apparent arson attack has sparked chaos between feuding homeowners and van-dwellers who live nearby.
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Cara Delevigne breaks silence on house fire with heartbreaking pet cat update
British model Cara Delevingne's sprawling £5.5million ($7million) mansion in Los Angeles burnt down to the ground in a horror house blaze on Friday
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Men accused of blowing up woman's house 'planned to feed daughter to python'
Caleb Kinsey and Stephen Glosser have been accused of blowing up a woman’s house with 80lbs-worth of explosives after a fling broke down – along with a list of twisted plans
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Cops 'kick down locked door' at station as man arrested for arson after fire
Passengers at West Hampstead Station faced chaos this afternoon due to a 'serious incident'. Police said a fire was contained and a man was arrested on suspicion of arson
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Inside far-left 'eco-terrorist' group claiming Tesla factory arson attack
Volcano Group, who've been wreaking havoc in Germany since 2011, have been branded the 'dumbest eco-terrorists' by a disgruntled Elon Musk after the alleged attack on his Tesla factory
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Son 'driven to financial ruin' battling tycoon dad over £2.5million mansion
BC Softwear millionaire Michael Parker Is refusing to throw in the towel in a High Court battle with son Thomas Parker-Bowyer over a £2.5m seven-bedroom Bedfordshire mansion
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Man threw 'Molotov cocktail' through sex offender's window and set fire to flat
Simon Boothby, who strongly objected to the sex offender living anywhere near him and so set fire to the man's flat in the Bransholme area of Hull, has been jailed
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Moment police kick down door of burning building to rescue terrified residents
The Metropolitan Police has released bodycam footage of officers kicking down a door to rescue people from a burning building before a 25-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of arson
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Death row inmate freed after 30 years as new evidence proves wrongful conviction
A Philadelphia inmate was exonerated after serving 30 years on death row for a crime he insists he did not commit — new evidence was presented that all but proved his innocence
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Schoolboy, 10, suffered 40% burns when wheelie-bin fire spread to 1st floor flat
Blaine Beattie, 10, suffered serious burns after a suspected arson attack left his home on a first-floor flat in a blaze - and two months later, he visited the firefighters who saved his life
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Brave schoolboy reunited with firefighters who saved his life
Blaine Beattie, 10, had an emotional return with the firefighters who rescued him. He was almost killed in a suspected arson attack and suffered 40 per cent burns
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Arsonist waved to CCTV before pouring fuel into letterbox and lighting fire
Kevin Hughes, 40, arrived at the property in Garratt Avenue in Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, carrying a jerry can full of fuel at around 4am and cheerfully waved at a CCTV camera
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Family who 'lived in fear' for three years lose everything in 'arson attack'
Inas Himedan, 33, from Huddersfield, along with her husband Yousef Khaled and their two young children, have been left with "nothing but their pyjamas", following the blaze that saw them jump from their second floor flat
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Suicide pact murderer wiped out partner and three children in house fire
Daniel Sebastian Allen admitted murdering a teenage girl, her baby daughter and brother and killing their mum, found handcuffed to a bed after a house fire in Derrylin, Co Fermanagh
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Morgue left untouched inside abandoned psychiatric hospital which treated kids
The abandoned psychiatric hospital, now falling apart and covered in debris, first opened in 1898 and was known for its treatment of young children using electroconvulsive therapy
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Young dentist 'stabbed in face' by former patient set to lose one of her eyes
On February 7, one of Dr Katherine ‘Katie’ Tran's colleagues heard a loud noise and turned to see Sharon Stewart standing over the dentist with a three-inch blade knife, according to police
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Inside Rick Stein’s Cornwall controversy - restaurant blaze to furious locals
Rick Stein's Asian culinary exploration, Rick Stein's India, airs on BBC2 today, but not all of his shows have been well received
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Arsonist threw two molotov cocktails at church planning to host drag show events
A convicted arsonist was sentenced to 18 years in prison and three on parole this week after a March 2023 incident in which he threw two Molotov cocktails at a church planning to host drag show events