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UK's Starmer 'appalled' by spate of arson attacks against London Jewish sites
Police say 4 Jewish community ambulances were torched and a synagogue was targeted as officers investigate a possible hate crime campaign.
- On Saturday night, a fire caused smoke damage to a room at Kenton United Synagogue in Harrow after a bottle with accelerant was thrown through the window, Metropolitan Police said.
- Counter-Terror officers are investigating whether Iran's "routine" use of criminal proxies is behind the spate of attacks, Deputy Assistant Commissioner Vicki Evans said.
- A little-known group, Harakat Ashab al-Yamin al-Islamiya , has claimed responsibility for many of the attacks, having previously claimed similar actions in Belgium and the Netherlands.
- British Prime Minister Keir Starmer vowed Sunday to bring perpetrators to justice, stating, "This is abhorrent and it will not be tolerated. Attacks on our Jewish community are attacks on Britain."
- Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis warned that while no lives have been lost, the community must recognize "just how dangerous this moment is," as officers have stepped up patrols in areas with large Jewish populations.
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UK PM vows to find arsonists of London Jewish sites
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer vowed Sunday to bring perpetrators of recent arson attacks on Jewish sites in London to justice as Britain's chief rabbi said "a sustained campaign of violence and intimidation" against Jews was accelerating.
Several criminal arson attacks on sites linked to the Jewish community have been reported in recent weeks in the north of London. While investigators prefer an open trail, the First...
UK's Starmer 'appalled' by spate of arson attacks against London Jewish sites
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said Sunday he was "appalled" by several arson attacks on Jewish sites in northwest London in recent weeks following an attack overnight from Saturday to Sunday targeting a synagogue.
Keir Starmer says the government has reinforced the visible police and will not rest until the perpetrators of the attacks are "found and tried."
'This is abhorrent,' says the British Prime Minister.
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said this Sunday he felt "horrified" by several intentional "anti-Semitic" fires in London in...
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