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Counter-terror police probe Iran links to spate of firebomb attacks
Counter-terror police are treating the attacks separately after arrests and charges followed incidents at a TV station, an ambulance site and a synagogue.
- Inquiries into arson attacks in London have been launched by CTP London, with authorities investigating the events together due to their similarities in targeting and method.
- The Met said this was "due to the nature and circumstances of the three incidents," as officials analyze similarities in locations and building types to determine if the attacks are connected.
- Following the targeting of a Persian station, police arrested a 16-year-old and two men, while others were detained regarding a separate vehicle attack.
- Regarding potential motivations, investigators are "keeping an open mind" as to whether Iranian-backed criminal proxies were behind the firebombings, though none have been formally declared as terrorist acts.
- Counter Terrorism Policing Vicki Evans urged the public to share information, vowing to pursue those responsible for this violence amid an operational backdrop of global instability.
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Three charged over attempted arson attack on Iran International office in London
Three British nationals have been charged with arson with intent to endanger life after an ignited container was thrown at the London offices of Iran International broadcaster Volant Media.
Counter-terror police probe whether Iran ordered series of arson attacks in London
Scotland Yard also warned that it is dealing with an ‘unprecedented level of national security investigations with suspected links to foreign states, many of those with dangerous and often reckless intentions’
Three charged after attempted arson at Iran International office
British police said on Friday they had charged three people over an attempted arson attack on offices linked to television station Iran International in northwest London earlier this week. The three, two men and a teenager and all British, are accused of arson with intent to endanger life after an ignited container was thrown towards the premises of the parent company of Iran International, Volant Media, on Wednesday evening, landing in a car pa…
The Harakat Ashab al-Yamin al-Islamiya group claimed responsibility for the attack on the chain, as well as for the attacks on a synagogue and ambulances of a Jewish organization.
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