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Police probe BNP link to car fire | Police probe BNP link to car fire |
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Police are investigating a suspicious car fire close to the alleged home of a British National Party (BNP) member. | |
West Yorkshire Police said firefighters and police officers were called to the blaze on Eighth Avenue in Windy Bank, Liversedge, on Thursday. | |
It is believed the car, which was parked at the time, did not belong to anyone connected to the BNP. | |
Police confirmed that one of the lines of investigation concerned the publication of the list of BNP members. | |
A West Yorkshire Police spokesman said nobody was hurt. | |
Charred debris | |
Asked about the proximity of the vehicle to a BNP member's home, he said: "The cause of the damage and any potential motive all form part of the current investigation." | Asked about the proximity of the vehicle to a BNP member's home, he said: "The cause of the damage and any potential motive all form part of the current investigation." |
Eight houses in Eighth Avenue remained cordoned off by police on Friday. | |
A charred patch of debris was visible on the road and path outside one of the red brick semi-detached houses. | |
There are eight people with Liversedge addresses on the BNP membership list which was leaked on the internet. | There are eight people with Liversedge addresses on the BNP membership list which was leaked on the internet. |
The BNP said the list of 12,000 activists, which included names, addresses, home telephone numbers and e-mail addresses, dated from 2007. | The BNP said the list of 12,000 activists, which included names, addresses, home telephone numbers and e-mail addresses, dated from 2007. |
Legal threat | |
The party said some people on it were no longer members. | The party said some people on it were no longer members. |
BNP leader Nick Griffin has pledged to take court action against those behind the leak. | BNP leader Nick Griffin has pledged to take court action against those behind the leak. |
The only BNP councillor on the local council, Roger Roberts, who lives a couple of miles from where the car fire happened, said he believed the incident was not connected to the publication of the list. | |
Mr Roberts, who represents Heckmondwike on Kirklees Council, said: "That kind of thing is a regular occurrence on that estate. | |
"It could be drug dealers or anybody. Even the buses have stopped going through there because they get bricks thrown at them. | |
"The car doesn't even belong to a BNP member." |