Feb

12

Police arrest two over Vic bushfires

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Following on from the articles in many sectors of the media, it seems as if we have some terrible murderers in our midst..

Here’s the latest from Sky News:

There have been two arrests in relation to Victoria’s deadly bushfires.

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Earlier, Victorian Police Chief Commissioner Christine Nixon said arsonists were responsible for Victoria’s Churchill fire and Marysville fires.

Ms Nixon said on Thursday police were continuing to investigate whether arsonists caused more of the devastating bushfires that have so far claimed more than 180 lives.

Police now believed the Churchill fire, which claimed 21 lives, and the Marysville fire, where 15 dead have been identified, were deliberately lit.

‘We’re sure that the fire in Churchill… was deliberately lit and we have now been given some information that makes us suspicious about the Marysville fire,’ she told the Nine Network.

‘It’s a matter of other fires that we’re looking at as well. We’re trying to get there as quickly as we can.’

Ms Nixon said a large team of police were gathering clues in the hunt for any arsonists behind the fires.

Victorian police announced a task force, named Phoenix, on Tuesday bringing in 100 police to investigate all fire-related deaths from the bushfires, and say they are confident of making arrests.

Police had already spoken to some suspects over the deadly Victorian bushfires, she said.

‘We’re obviously working very hard on that investigation and we’ve spoken to a number of suspects so far but it’s still an ongoing investigation,’ Ms Nixon told the Seven Network.

‘We’ll get there, but it is a matter of piecing together all of the evidence and getting information from the various groups so that we can add that to our current investigation.’

It’s feared as many as 100 people may have been killed in Marysville alone.

Ms Nixon said police were prepared to lay a charge of murder by arson - with a 25-year jail penalty - against anyone believed to have caused one of the fatal bushfires.

She added that police had received reports that more fires had been deliberately lit since Saturday.

‘We certainly have had reports of other fires being lit,’ Ms Nixon said.

‘You and I would just be staggered by that, but that’s what we’re certainly seeing. We’ve been investigating those as well.’

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