UK police exploring Iran ties to string of arson attacks targeting Jews in London

UK police exploring Iran ties to string of arson attacks targeting Jews in London


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LONDON — British police said they are investigating possible Iran links to a series of arson attacks on Jewish targets ‌in London, which the UK chief rabbi said showed a sustained campaign of violence against the Jewish community was gathering momentum.

After the latest attack, at Kenton United Synagogue in the Harrow area of the city shortly after midnight, the third such incident in a week, UK counter-terrorism police said they were heading up investigations into the incidents.

A pro-Iranian government group, ​which says it is also behind a spate of attacks across Europe on US, Israeli and Jewish targets, has said it was responsible.

A London forensic police officer investigating the scene of an arson attack on Kenton United Synagogue on April 19, 2026. Photo by JUSTIN TALLIS / AFP via Getty Images

“As ​the conflict in the Middle East continues to evolve, counter-terrorism policing and our partners remain alive to

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