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UK-Iranian national charged with arson at London memorial wall
- On Wednesday, police charged Ali Reza Fallahi, 45, of Ilford, with arson following an April 27 fire at a memorial wall in Golders Green. Fallahi is due to appear at Westminster Magistrates Court on Thursday.
- The memorial wall, established by Miga Rally, honors thousands of protesters killed in Iran during a crackdown in January and also commemorates victims of the 2023 Nova music festival in Israel.
- Helen Flanagan, head of counter terrorism policing in London, said the charge "marks another step forward in one of the investigations into the series of arson attacks targeting the Jewish community and Iranian diaspora in London."
- This incident is part of a spate of attacks on Jewish sites in Golders Green; following the stabbing of Two Jewish men, the government raised the national terrorism threat level to "severe."
- A 38-year-old woman arrested in connection with the arson was released with no further action, narrowing the investigation's focus to Fallahi as the primary suspect currently charged.
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British-Iranian charged in London memorial arson
British prosecutors on Wednesday charged a British-Iranian man with setting fire to a memorial wall dedicated to victims of Iran’s regime, in what police described as part of efforts to stop a series of arson attacks targeting London’s Jewish community and Iranian dissidents.Ali Reza Fallahi, 45, from Ilford in East London, is due to appear before Westminster Magistrate's Court on June 18, the Metropolitan Police said. He and an alleged accompli…
·Jerusalem, Israel
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UK-Iranian national charged with arson at London memorial wall
A man who holds both British and Iranian nationality has been charged with an arson attack in April on a memorial wall in a north London area that is home to a large Jewish community, police said on Wednesday.
·New York, United States
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