Further arson arrest made over shop explosion in Leicester

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A 35-year-old man has been arrested in connection with an explosion at a supermarket in Leicester which killed five people.

The blast destroyed a Polish shop and two-storey flat on February 25 on Hinckley Road in the city.

The man, from north-west England, was arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to commit arson on Wednesday, Leicestershire Police said.

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Emergency personnel at the scene on Hinckley Road in Leicester after the explosion killed five people and injured a number of others (Joe Giddens/PA)

Mary Ragoobeer, 46, her sons Shane, 18, and Sean, 17, Leah Beth Reek, 18, who was Shane’s girlfriend, and Viktorija Ljevleva, 22, were all killed in the incident which also saw a number of others injured.

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Brothers Sean Rajoobeer, 17, (left) Shane Rajoobeer, 18, and their mother Mary, who were victims of the Hinckley Road explosion in Leicester (Leicestershire Police/PA)

The force said the latest suspect remains in police custody.

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