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UK police arrest six men over burning of Grenfell Tower effigy
Source: Reuters
WORLD NEWS NOVEMBER 6, 2018 / 4:01 AM / UPDATED 8 MINUTES AGO
UK police arrest six men over burning of Grenfell Tower effigy
LONDON (Reuters) - British police arrested six men after a video was posted on the internet that showed men mocking the deadly Grenfell Tower blaze by burning an effigy of the building as part of Guy Fawkes’ Night celebrations.
They were released on Tuesday, but remain under investigation, according to a police statement issued late in the day.
The video, which appeared on social media, showed a cardboard model of the tower with cut outs of residents in the windows being set alight on a bonfire while those watching laughed and made jokes.
Grenfell Tower, a social housing block that was home to a close-knit, ethnically diverse community, was engulfed by flames in the middle of the night of June 14, 2017, killing 71 people in the country’s deadliest domestic fire since World War Two.
“To disrespect those who lost their lives at Grenfell Tower, as well as their families and loved ones, is utterly unacceptable,” Prime Minister Theresa May said on Twitter.
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UK police arrest six men over burning of Grenfell Tower effigy
LONDON (Reuters) - British police arrested six men after a video was posted on the internet that showed men mocking the deadly Grenfell Tower blaze by burning an effigy of the building as part of Guy Fawkes’ Night celebrations.
They were released on Tuesday, but remain under investigation, according to a police statement issued late in the day.
The video, which appeared on social media, showed a cardboard model of the tower with cut outs of residents in the windows being set alight on a bonfire while those watching laughed and made jokes.
Grenfell Tower, a social housing block that was home to a close-knit, ethnically diverse community, was engulfed by flames in the middle of the night of June 14, 2017, killing 71 people in the country’s deadliest domestic fire since World War Two.
“To disrespect those who lost their lives at Grenfell Tower, as well as their families and loved ones, is utterly unacceptable,” Prime Minister Theresa May said on Twitter.
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Read more: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-britain-police-grenfell/uk-police-arrest-six-men-over-burning-of-grenfell-tower-effigy-idUSKCN1NB0XX