Second person arrested as part of Haverhill fire investigation

A second person has been arrested as part of enquiries into a large fire in Haverhill.

Police were called by the fire service at 8.46pm on Tuesday 12 May to the former Parkway Middle School on Park Road.  

Yesterday, Thursday 14 May, a 14-year-old boy, was arrested on suspicion of criminal damage – arson not endangering life. He was taken to Bury St Edmunds Police Investigation Centre for questioning and was subsequently bailed to return to police on 14 July.

This follows the arrest of a 15-year-old boy on 13 May, on suspicion of the same offence, who was bailed to return to police on 22 June.

Detective Sergeant Paul Cappleman said: “We believe a number of people may have been involved in this and that locally many people were either present in the area at the time or have knowledge of who may have been responsible. This was an incredibly serious incident and we would like to speak to anyone with information, to ascertain exactly what happened that evening.” 

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