GRENFELL TOWER: A man has been arrested for ‘posting pictures of a dead body on Facebook’
A man was arrested for posting images of what appears to be a corpse on social media, according to reports.
Police confirmed a 43-year-old had been arrested near the fire on suspicion of “sending malicious communications and obstructing a coroner”.

The body is believed to have been one of the victims of the tower block fire – which killed at least 12 people.



Daily Star Online has tracked down a Facebook page believed to belong to the arrested man.


“DOES ANY ONE KNOW THIS BODY LAYING OUTSIDE MY FLAT FOR MORE THAN TWO HOURS”





Several grisly images of what appear to be a dead body feature on the page.

The man’s Facebook post features the caption “does any one know this body laying outside my flat for more than two hours”.

In the comments section, the man claims he unwrapped the plastic sheeting of the “body bag” which had been wrapped around the man.


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INFERNO: The man posted close-ups after unwrapping the dead body lying in the lobby

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The caption is followed by a sequence of five images of a dead man’s face covered in soot – followed by a video of the body bag.

Commenters urged him to call the police, but the man responded “no police”.

When someone asked him “is he ****ing dead” the man replied with a crying face emoji.

London tower block INFERNO: The aftermath in pictures



The aftermath of a deadly fire engulfed a tower block in West London killing at least six people with a further 74 injured and 20 in a critical condition
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Firefighters are seen for the first time inside the 27-storey Grenfell Tower in Latimer Road, White City

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There are fears the death toll is set to rise after the Grenfell Tower inferno – with residents fearing “no one” on the top floors of the building escaped the blaze.
A Met Police spokesman said: “A 43-year-old man was arrested near to Latimer Road station at around 6pm on Wednesday, June 14, on suspicion of sending malicious communications and obstructing a coroner.”

The arrest relates to the fire at Grenfell Tower.

The man has been taken into custody at a west London police station.

Families are desperately searching for missing loved ones and have taken to social media in a bid to find them.

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