By: london24.com
Source: london24.com
A fifth teenager has been arrested in connection with the fire at an Islamic school in south east London on Saturday night.
A spokesman for the Metropolitan Police Service said an 18-year-old male was arrested in Greenwich on suspicion of arson with intent on Tuesday afternoon.
He was taken into custody at a south London police station, and has since been bailed to return on a date in August.
Previously four teenagers, two aged 17 and two aged 18, were arrested on Sunday and were also bailed to return to a south London police station in August.
The Met spokesman said the investigation by Bromley borough officers to establish the full circumstances of the fire at the Darul Uloom School in Chislehurst continues.
On Saturday, June 8 emergency services were called to the building in Foxbury Avenue at around 11.50pm.
Around 130 pupils and staff of the school were evacuated and two people were treated at the scene for smoke inhalation.
The fire is being treated as suspicious, but police are asking members of the public to remain calm and not to speculate as to the cause of the blaze, which caused minor damage to the school.
The spokesman added: “There is an increased police presence around potentially vulnerable locations in the borough of Bromley and across London, including additional patrols to provide reassurance and deter crime.”