From the Liveblog of
Tuesday, December 26, 2023
UK police investigate possible arson attack at office of pro-Israel MP
London’s Metropolitan Police are investigating a suspected arson attack at the north London office of Conservative MP Mike Free after a fire spread on Christmas Eve, authorities announce.
We are working with investigators from @LondonFire after a fire in a shed at the constituency office of Mike Freer MP last night.
It's believed it may have been started deliberately.
Thankfully, there were no injuries. https://t.co/g7vjLUgsTg
— Barnet MPS | North West BCU (@MPSBarnet) December 25, 2023
Freer represents the constituencies of Finchley and Golders Green, home to one of London’s largest Orthodox Jewish communities. He has been an outspoken critic of Hamas in the wake of the brutal October 7 onslaught in southern Israel.
The fire is being treated as a possible arson attack, and Freer says it’s just “one of the many threats” he’s faced in recent weeks, according to local media.
Freer was not in the office at the time of the fire and nobody was injured, police say.
