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Justice4Grenfell campaign group said the video "caused great concern and distress"
A house linked to an "offensive" video showing a model of the Grenfell tower burning on a bonfire was searched by the police.
Five men – two aged 49 and the others aged 19, 46 and 55 – were arrested on suspicion of breach of public order after they surrendered.
A shared video on social media shows a cardboard model of the tower burned by a crowd laughing.
Premier Theresa May called the video "absolutely unacceptable".
The sequence shows a large model wearing a Grenfell Tower sign, with paper figurines on the windows, being burned.
The video shows a large flammable model marked "Grenfell Tower" with paper figurines on windows burning
Laughter can be heard off camera while the effigy is on, with onlookers shouting "Help me! Help me!" and "Jump by the window!"
When the fire takes root, a voice can be heard to say "All the little ninjas get it up to the minute" while the camera focuses on a paper cut covered with ############################################################################# 39, a face.
At the end of the clip, a person can be heard saying, "That's what happens when they do not pay their rent."
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Police searched a house in South Norwood, South London, carrying two clear plastic bags that appeared to contain tape and white labels.
The officers stayed home about two hours.
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Police have left the South Norwood property to gather evidence
Rukayet Mamadu, a survivor of the fire, described the video as "the culmination of the system and society's intolerance".
She told the Victoria Derbyshire program: "It's cold, it's cold. I feel so bad, not to mention people who have lost family members.
"This should be brought to justice."
A total of 72 people were killed in the devastating fire of the Tower of West London in June 2017.
The two men were arrested under section 4a of the Public Order Act 1986, which refers to "intentional harassment, alarm or distress" caused by the use of threatening words or signs. abusive or insulting ".
Offenses committed in a private residence where a person "had no reason to believe" that it would be "heard or seen by a person outside of it or any other dwelling" are protected from prosecution under the law.
Moyra Samuels, of the Justice For Grenfell campaign group, called the video a "disgusting attack".
Moyra Samuels, a member of the Justice For Grenfell campaign group, told the BBC that the video was "a disgusting attack on vulnerable people."
She added: "We have no doubt that there are dignified and generous Britons and that this act does not represent ordinary British people.
"But there is currently a worrying rise in racism in this country, and it's worrying because it's starting to have a direct impact on us now, which means we have to really think about what we're doing in this country. subject and how we react. " to this as a whole. "
Natasha Elcock of Grenfell United said: "Not only does this overwhelm the survivors and those who have lost their families, but it is hateful and offensive for all who have been affected by the tragic events of this night."
Sir Martin Moore-Bick, who heads the Grenfell Tower's public fire investigation, said he was "very pleased to hear that the authorities are taking the issue seriously" at the beginning. from the Tuesday hearing.
Under the law of public order, offenses aggravated by racial or religious grounds are punishable by up to two years' imprisonment, a fine or fines. two.
