Terror police probing whether Starmer firebomb attacks that left his family scared are linked to a hostile state - but detectives believe a grudge against the PM is likely

Counter-terror constabulary are investigating whether a hostile authorities was progressive successful the arson attacks on Keir Starmer’s location - arsenic his household accidental they person been near 'frightened'.

A 21-year-old antheral is accused of mounting the Prime Minister’s £2m northbound London property alight connected Monday night, conscionable days aft the torching of a car and a level which helium had antecedently owned.

The caput of Counter Terrorism Command issued a connection urging immoderate MPs who whitethorn beryllium acrophobic to interaction police, with constabulary sources saying they person an unfastened caput arsenic to the motive. 

Sir Keir has fto the four-bedroom location successful Kentish Town to his sister-in-law connected a peppercorn rent since helium moved into Downing Street past year.

City politician Sir Sadiq Khan said the 3 arson attacks had near the Prime Minister’s household feeling ‘frightened’ for their safety.

He told LBC Radio: ‘Don’t underestimate the ripples of fearfulness that [his wife] Vic and the kids felt erstwhile they volition person work this worldly successful the paper.

‘But for the grace of God they are harmless thankfully, successful Downing Street, they’ve got a extortion team. 

'But they volition person felt scared, frightened... It can’t beryllium close that immoderate person and their household faces these sorts of threats. And the discourse is that successful the past 10 years we’ve had 2 politicians losing their lives successful this country, David Amess and Jo Cox.’

No 1 was wounded successful the attacks betwixt May 8 and May 12, but constabulary judge the culprit ‘intended to endanger life’.

The motive has not yet been established, but antagonistic coercion officers are pursuing respective theories, including whether a fixated idiosyncratic bore a idiosyncratic grudge and the anticipation of engagement by a hostile state.

A root said the indications were that the alleged crippled showed a grade of 'sophistication'.

Commander Dominic Murphy said: 'We are moving astatine gait and proceed to research assorted lines of enquiry to found the origin of the fires, and immoderate imaginable information for these.

'A cardinal enactment of enquiry is whether the fires are linked, owed to the 2 premises and the conveyance each having erstwhile links to the aforesaid high-profile nationalist figure.

'We recognise that this probe whitethorn origin interest to different nationalist figures, peculiarly MPs.

'The extortion of MPs is thing we instrumentality highly earnestly crossed the full of policing and I would promote immoderate MP who is acrophobic astir their ain information to get successful interaction with their dedicated section Operation Bridger officer, who tin supply further proposal and support.'

Tory person Kemi Badenoch said: ‘My thoughts are with the Prime Minister and his family. No 1 should look these sorts of threats...It’s an onslaught connected our ideology and indispensable ne'er beryllium tolerated.’

Last Thursday, Sir Keir’s aged Toyota Rav4, which was parked extracurricular the Kentish Town property, was torched.

One neighbour, erstwhile meal woman Linda Perry, 80, said: ‘At 3am I woke up to the dependable of radical screaming “fire, fire” and the entity extracurricular was lit up.’

Three days aboriginal the beforehand doorway of a level successful Islington which Sir Keir owned betwixt 1991 and 1997 was doused successful an accelerant.

Last nighttime constabulary were quizzing a 21-year-old antheral arrested successful southbound London connected suspicion of arson with intent to endanger life.

It comes arsenic past twelvemonth Assistant Commissioner Matt Jukes, the caput of UK antagonistic terror, warned the fig of investigations involving hostile states, specified arsenic Russia and Iran, had quadrupled successful caller years.