Barnsley man and teenager arrested at travellers' site

A Barnsley man and teenage boy were arrested over a disturbance at a travellers' site.
A man and boy were arrested over an incident at a travellers' siteA man and boy were arrested over an incident at a travellers' site
A man and boy were arrested over an incident at a travellers' site

They were arrested over an incident the West Meadows travellers' site in Ipswich, in which two caravans were torched and a horse was killed.

The Barnsley due were arrested along with two men aged 31 and 22 from Ipswich and a 19-year-old man from Wickford, Essex.

They were held on suspicion of violent disorder.

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The incident came the night before a 17-year-old, who cannot be named for legal reasons, was charged with the murders of Barry Street, 32 and 18-year-old Nathan Oakley, who were stabbed at the West Meadows travellers' site last Thursday.

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