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British police charge man, reportedly Tamil, with arson

AFP | By, London
Feb 16, 2009 08:34 AM IST

British police have charged a man with arson and affray after he reportedly tried to set himself on fire outside Prime Minister Gordon Brown's Downing Street offices. Sivsubarmazam Loges-Waran, 41, of Gloucestershire in western England, is due in court today.

British police have charged a man with arson and affray after he reportedly tried to set himself on fire outside Prime Minister Gordon Brown's Downing Street offices, they said on Sunday.

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Sivsubarmazam Loges-Waran, 41, of Gloucestershire in western England, is due in court on Monday "charged with arson with intent to endanger life and affray following an incident at Downing Street" in London on Saturday.

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Police said that at about 4:00 pm (1600 GMT), a man had entered the private street "having poured liquid on himself". A spokesman said he did not actually set himself on fire and was subsequently arrested.

The Guardian newspaper reported that the man was a Tamil opposed to the Sri Lankan government's treatment of the country's Tamil population. A police spokesman confirmed the suspect was of Asian appearance but gave no details.

A British resident of Sri Lankan origin burnt himself to death outside the UN's European headquarters in Geneva on Thursday in protest at the south Asian conflict, local police said.

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