US EditionPolice hunt two suspects over attempted arson attack on London synagogue
Police said no one was hurt after two bottles suspected to contain petrol were thrown at the synagogue, and officers are seeking two suspects.
- On Wednesday, April 15, two suspects wearing dark clothing and balaclavas approached Finchley Reform Synagogue shortly after midnight and threw two bottles suspected of containing petrol and a brick, the Metropolitan Police said.
- The investigation is being treated as an antisemitic hate crime, following an arson attack on Haztola ambulances in Golders Green last month in which three people were charged.
- Police confirmed no injuries or significant damage occurred at the building, which houses a nursery, the Community Security Trust said in a statement.
- Local MP Sarah Sackman condemned the attack as an attempt to 'intimidate the British Jewish community,' refusing to allow this to become the 'new normal' for residents.
- Detective Chief Superintendent Luke Williams confirmed residents can expect heightened police presence over the coming days as counter-terror police support the investigation into the alleged attack.
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2 arrested in London synagogue arson
London police nab two suspected of attempting to torch local synagogue, as man who climbed into Israeli embassy goes on trial. By World Israel News Staff British police arrested two people on Thursday over an attempted arson attack on a London synagogue that authorities are treating as an antisemitic hate crime, in the latest incident to rattle the UK Jewish community. The arrests came a day after two masked suspects targeted Finchley Reform Syn…
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Police arrest two over London synagogue arson attempt
Police in London arrested two people on Wednesday over an attempted arson attack on a synagogue in the north of the city, amid an upsurge in antisemitic incidents in Britain.
London police arrest two after synagogue targeted in attempted arson attack
British police have arrested two people in connection with an attempted arson attack at a synagogue in a north London suburb – the latest in a string of suspected antisemitic crimes in recent weeks.
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