UK police arrest 3 men on suspicion of manslaughter over Leicester fire
1 March 2018 3:40 PM GMT
London: Three men have been arrested by British police on suspicion of manslaughter of five people, including three of Indian-origin, in an explosion that ripped through a building in the city of Leicester in the UK last week.
Three members of Indian-origin Ragoobeer family, which had moved to the UK from Mauritius, were among five people killed in the fire on Sunday evening that tore through a Polish shop on the ground floor and two-storeys of flats above.
Leicestershire Police said the three men arrested on Wednesday are all in their 30s and investigators are currently questioning them in connection with the fire. Whilst we will not disclose further details at this stage, we stress that there remains no evidence that the events of Sunday night are in any way terrorist related, Leicestershire Police said in a statement.
In the interests of the ongoing investigation, and out of respect for the families of those missing feared dead, and those who were injured in the explosion and fire, we request that the media and public resist speculating about the identities of those arrested, the circumstances that may have led to their arrest and the cause of the explosion, it added.
Cafe worker Mary Ragoobeer, 46, and her sons Shane, 18, and Sean, 16, were in their flat, above a Polish store called Zabka at the time of an explosion which was followed by a massive blaze that reduced the entire building to rubble.
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