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Eddie Mitchell
Two people were previously charged with arson with intent to endanger life
Three more people have been arrested by police investigating an arson attack at a mosque in East Sussex.
Counter-terrorism officers said they arrested a 36-year-old man from Eastbourne on Tuesday on suspicion of conspiracy to commit arson at Peacehaven Mosque in October.
A man from Brighton, aged 38, and a man from Saltdean, aged 42, were arrested the same day on suspicion of malicious communications.
Sussex Police previously charged Ricky Ryder, 38, of Richington Way in Seaford, and Jack Slowey, 34, of Mayfield Avenue in Peacehaven, with arson with intent to endanger life.
The man from Brighton who was held on Tuesday was also arrested on suspicion of criminal damage. The Saltdean man was further suspected of encouraging or assisting a crime.
All three of the men have been bailed.
Officers from CTPSE made Tuesday's arrests, supported by Sussex Police's major crime unit.
Eddie Mitchell
Three men arrested on Tuesday have been bailed by police
Supt Rachel Swinney, from Sussex Police, said: "We are continuing to work closely with our colleagues in Counter Terrorism Policing South East as they use specialist resources to investigate the arson at the mosque in Peacehaven.
"The incident caused understandable concern within the local community."
Emergency services were called to the blaze at the Phyllis Avenue mosque late on 4 October.
