U.K. police investigate another arson attack in north London

Another suspected arson onslaught has taken spot successful the Golders Green country of northbound London, British constabulary said Tuesday.

The onslaught targeted a memorial partition that has displayed photos of radical killed by the Iranian regime. Police accidental it was not damaged.

The Metropolitan constabulary said the incidental took spot successful the aboriginal hours of Monday greeting and that they were not treating it arsenic terror-related, though counter-terror constabulary were starring the investigation.

It is unclear who was down the attack, and nary radical has claimed work for it. No 1 has been arrested and "officers are keeping an unfastened caput astir the motive down the attack," constabulary said successful a statement.

The partition stands crossed the roadworthy from a Jewish attraction location for the elderly.

Fire harm to a furniture beside the memorial partition connected Limes Avenue successful Golders Green, northwest London, wherever counter-terror constabulary were investigating a suspected arson attack, April 28, 2026. Jordan Pettitt/PA Images via Getty Images

Another onslaught took spot past period successful the aforesaid country erstwhile vehicles belonging to a Jewish ambulance service were acceptable connected fire.

The Harakat Ashab al-Yamin al-Islamia radical – The Islamic Movement of the Companions of the Righteous – claimed work for that incidental and a bid of caller attacks targeting Jewish institutions crossed Europe. A radical typical told CBS News in March: "We'll support threatening U.S. and Israeli interests worldwide until we've avenged each kid successful Gaza, Iran, Lebanon, and the absorption nations."

The caput of policing successful northwest London said Tuesday astir the latest attack, "We admit that this incidental volition heighten concerns successful the Golders Green area, wherever residents person already faced a bid of attacks."

"Since past month's onslaught successful Golders Green, we person stepped up our enactment to reassure communities," helium said. "This includes equipped constabulary patrols arsenic good arsenic deployments of officers from Project Servator, who are specially trained to spot anyone who whitethorn beryllium readying oregon preparing to perpetrate transgression acts."

The Harakat Ashab al-Yamin al-Islamia radical has besides claimed it was down different incidents crossed London recently, including an attempted arson onslaught astatine the offices of a Persian-language media outlet successful northwest London connected April 15, and an arson onslaught connected a synagogue successful Kenton, successful northwest London, connected April 19. A 17-year-old pled blameworthy successful the synagogue incident.

The Community Security Trust recorded 3,700 antisemitic incidents successful the United Kingdom successful 2025, the second-highest full ever reported to the organization.

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