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UK Police Make 2nd Arrest in Connection with Fires Linked to Starmer

Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer arrives for the European Political Community (EPC) summit, in Tirana on May 16, 2025. (Photo by Leon Neal / POOL / AFP)
Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer arrives for the European Political Community (EPC) summit, in Tirana on May 16, 2025. (Photo by Leon Neal / POOL / AFP)
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UK Police Make 2nd Arrest in Connection with Fires Linked to Starmer

Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer arrives for the European Political Community (EPC) summit, in Tirana on May 16, 2025. (Photo by Leon Neal / POOL / AFP)
Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer arrives for the European Political Community (EPC) summit, in Tirana on May 16, 2025. (Photo by Leon Neal / POOL / AFP)

British police said they had arrested a second person in connection with a series of arson attacks linked to properties owned by Prime Minister Keir Starmer.

Police said in a statement on Saturday that a 26-year-old was arrested at Luton Airport, north of London, on suspicion of conspiracy to commit arson with intent to endanger life.

Police were called to reports of a fire in the early hours of Monday morning at the property in Kentish Town, Camden, north London, the area that Starmer represents in parliament.

The first man, a 21-year-old, was arrested in the early hours of Tuesday in connection with the fire and two further incidents, police said.

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UK Police Arrest 4 Over Pro-Palestinian Protest at Military Base

Tourists walk past the Elizabeth Tower, commonly known as Big Ben, and the Houses of Parliament, in London, Britain, June 26, 2025. REUTERS/Isabel Infantes
Tourists walk past the Elizabeth Tower, commonly known as Big Ben, and the Houses of Parliament, in London, Britain, June 26, 2025. REUTERS/Isabel Infantes
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UK Police Arrest 4 Over Pro-Palestinian Protest at Military Base

Tourists walk past the Elizabeth Tower, commonly known as Big Ben, and the Houses of Parliament, in London, Britain, June 26, 2025. REUTERS/Isabel Infantes
Tourists walk past the Elizabeth Tower, commonly known as Big Ben, and the Houses of Parliament, in London, Britain, June 26, 2025. REUTERS/Isabel Infantes

British police have arrested four people in connection with a pro-Palestinian protest last week in which military planes were sprayed with paint at an air base in England, authorities said on Friday.

A woman, 29, and two men aged 36 and 24, were arrested on suspicion of the commission, preparation or instigation of acts of terrorism, while another woman, 41, was arrested on suspicion of assisting an offender, Reuters quoted the police as saying in a statement.

Two activists from the Palestine Action group broke into the air base in central England on June 20, damaging and spraying red paint over two planes used for refueling and transport, an act that was condemned by Prime Minister Keir Starmer as "disgraceful."

Within days the government set out plans to use anti-terrorism laws to
ban Palestine Action, making it a criminal offence to belong to the group. Interior minister Yvette Cooper then said its actions had become more aggressive and caused millions of pounds of damage.

The government also said last week that it was reviewing security across all British defense sites following the incident.