'Arrest made' over petrol attack

Police investigating a fire attack on a woman doused with petrol in Vietnam have reportedly made an arrest.

Police in Hanoi said this week they wanted to question Gary Iredale, 52 - thought to originally be from Blackpool but recently living in Australia - after a woman was set alight in a shop.

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Vietnamese news website GVTT reported on Saturday that a man with dual British and Australian citizenship had been arrested in Thailand.

The woman is said to still be in hospital with severe burns.

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