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| Grenfell Tower bonfire: Five men arrested over video | Grenfell Tower bonfire: Five men arrested over video |
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| Five men have been arrested on suspicion of a public order offence in connection with a model of Grenfell Tower being burned on a bonfire. | Five men have been arrested on suspicion of a public order offence in connection with a model of Grenfell Tower being burned on a bonfire. |
| A video shared on social media shows a cardboard model of the tower being set alight by a laughing crowd. | A video shared on social media shows a cardboard model of the tower being set alight by a laughing crowd. |
| The Metropolitan Police said the men - two aged 49 and the others aged 19, 46 and 55 - handed themselves in at a south London station on Monday night. | The Metropolitan Police said the men - two aged 49 and the others aged 19, 46 and 55 - handed themselves in at a south London station on Monday night. |
| Prime Minister Theresa May had called the video "utterly unacceptable". | Prime Minister Theresa May had called the video "utterly unacceptable". |
| A total of 72 people were killed in the devastating blaze at the west London tower block in June 2017. | A total of 72 people were killed in the devastating blaze at the west London tower block in June 2017. |
| The Justice4Grenfell campaign group said the video "has caused great alarm and distress". | |
| Natasha Elcock, from Grenfell United, said: "Not only is it extremely upsetting to survivors and people who lost family, it's hateful and offensive to everyone that has been affected by the tragic events of that night." |