Yorkshire: Police probe BNP link to car fire
anti-fascist | 21.11.2008 13:34 | Anti-racism | Sheffield
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/bradford/7741270.stm Police probe BNP link to car fire
Police are investigating a car fire near a house in West Yorkshire which was included in a leaked list of British National Party (BNP) members.
Police are investigating a car fire near a house in West Yorkshire which was included in a leaked list of British National Party (BNP) members.
The parked car exploded after being set alight late on Thursday night on Eighth Avenue in Windy Bank, Liversedge.
The BNP said none of its members lived in Eighth Avenue, although one of the houses in the road was on the leaked membership list published this week.
The car belonged to a neighbour of the person whose house was on the list.
Police investigating the car fire, in which nobody was hurt, said a possible link to the BNP list was just one line of inquiry.
A force spokesman said: "The cause of the damage and any potential motive all form part of the current investigation."
If this person has been targeted because his name has been on that list... it is a disgrace
David Exley, BNP's Kirklees organiser
The BNP's local organiser David Exley said none of the party's members lived in Eighth Avenue.
"I spoke to the police this morning and they confirmed that a car has been firebombed last night and one of the lines of inquiry is the person who lives next door to whose car it was is on the list on the internet.
"I can confirm that the gentleman, whose house the car was outside, is not a member of the BNP and is not a current supporter of the BNP.
"If this person has been targeted because his name has been on that list I feel it is very very sad, it is a disgrace."
Mr Exley said the list covered everybody who had ever contacted the BNP head office.
"It could be this man got an information pack, looked at it, decided it's not for him and thrown it away.
"But unfortunately somebody has irresponsibly put this list on the internet."
Charred debris
Eight houses in the road 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.
Eight people with Liversedge addresses are named on the BNP membership list which was leaked on the internet on Tuesday.
The BNP said the list of 12,000 activists, which included names, addresses, home telephone numbers and e-mail addresses, dated from 2007.
Party leader Nick Griffin has pledged to take court action against those behind the leak.
The parked car exploded after being set alight late on Thursday night on Eighth Avenue in Windy Bank, Liversedge.
The BNP said none of its members lived in Eighth Avenue, although one of the houses in the road was on the leaked membership list published this week.
The car belonged to a neighbour of the person whose house was on the list.
Police investigating the car fire, in which nobody was hurt, said a possible link to the BNP list was just one line of inquiry.
A force spokesman said: "The cause of the damage and any potential motive all form part of the current investigation."
If this person has been targeted because his name has been on that list... it is a disgrace
David Exley, BNP's Kirklees organiser
The BNP's local organiser David Exley said none of the party's members lived in Eighth Avenue.
"I spoke to the police this morning and they confirmed that a car has been firebombed last night and one of the lines of inquiry is the person who lives next door to whose car it was is on the list on the internet.
"I can confirm that the gentleman, whose house the car was outside, is not a member of the BNP and is not a current supporter of the BNP.
"If this person has been targeted because his name has been on that list I feel it is very very sad, it is a disgrace."
Mr Exley said the list covered everybody who had ever contacted the BNP head office.
"It could be this man got an information pack, looked at it, decided it's not for him and thrown it away.
"But unfortunately somebody has irresponsibly put this list on the internet."
Charred debris
Eight houses in the road 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.
Eight people with Liversedge addresses are named on the BNP membership list which was leaked on the internet on Tuesday.
The BNP said the list of 12,000 activists, which included names, addresses, home telephone numbers and e-mail addresses, dated from 2007.
Party leader Nick Griffin has pledged to take court action against those behind the leak.
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Unlikely
21.11.2008 15:27
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And So It Begins
21.11.2008 17:01
Redskin
BNP bomber history
21.11.2008 17:24
Ddgy Geeza
bnp bombs
21.11.2008 18:51
anon
deliberate police misinformation to say it was the wrong car?
21.11.2008 19:17
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Disgusted @ BBC Radio Leeds
22.11.2008 00:37
What took place was 2 hours of BNP supporters being allowed to spout their lies on open radio. Paul Cromie and Tony White were among the scum allowed to spew their filth. While Cromie gave off the element of being nothing more than a concerned citizen helping his constituency, White spouted on about war between the left wing and right wing saying how the BNP C18 and NF had nothing to do with each other.
White was given the longest air time as he babbled on about the left wing firebombing cars and putting up details on the internet of BNP activists being taken as a red rag to a bull calling for all out war. And advocated violence being met with violence.
It was a disgusting platform for these vile NAZI scum to spout off their rhetoric and have an open forum.
People should contact BBC Radio Leeds and explain their distaste at allowing the radio waves to be hijacked
Disgusted