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Five men arrested in case investigation video showing the fire of an effigy of the Grenfell tower.
The metropolitan police said the men, all from south and south-east London, were on Monday night.
A spokeswoman for Scotland Yard said it was a 19-year-old, 46-year-old and 49-year-old, all from South Norwood, 49 years old in Lambeth and of 55 years in Beckenham. .
They went to a police station in South London at 10 pm and were arrested on suspicion of breach of public order and detained.
A previously released video showed a large flammable model with the words "Grenfell Tower", with paper figurines on the windows, being burned.
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The commander of the Metropolitan Police, Stuart Cundy, who heads the investigation into the tragedy of the Grenfell Tower, said that he was "frankly dismayed by the insensitive nature" of the video.
Five people were arrested during the video (Pictures: PA)
The video shows a Grenfell tower model burning (photo: PA)
A total of 72 people died as a result of the June 14th tragedy in West London.
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In the clip posted online, loud laughter is heard as the effigy lights up.
You hear a person saying, "Does not it start from the 10th floor?", While others add, "Help me! Help me! "And" Jump by the window! "
Another says, "Let's go" as the fire sets in.
At the end of the clip, another person can be heard saying, "That's what happens when they do not pay their rent."
The video ends while the model is completely consumed by the fire, a spectator saying: "Perfect".
Activists described the video as a "disgusting act of hatred".
A total of 72 people died as a result of the Grenfell fire (photo: PA)
Natasha Elcock of Grenfell United said, "It's a disgusting video. We hope the police take this seriously, "Justice4Grenfell said," it caused great concern and distress. "
London Fire Marshal Dany Cotton, who was at the scene of the terrible fire, said the video was "appalling and disturbing".
London Mayor Sadiq Khan said he "absolutely" condemned the "disgusting" video, describing the Grenfell Tower fire as "one of the most devastating tragedies that our city has never known.
Moyra Samuels, a member of the Grenfell Justice Campaign Group, spoke of outrage "from all over the country, from simple honest citizens who actually saw her for what she was."
She told BBC Breakfast that it was "a disgusting attack on vulnerable people," adding, "We do not doubt that there are honest and generous people in Britain and that this act does not does not represent the ordinary British.
"But racism is rising worryingly in this country right now. And it's worrying, because it's starting to have a direct impact on us now, you know, which means we have to think about what we're doing about it and how we're responding to it. "
