UK Counterterror Police Probe Iran Links After London Attacks on Jewish Sites

Overview

• Counterterror officers took charge after a firebomb was thrown into Kenton United Synagogue in Harrow on Saturday, causing minor damage and no injuries.
• Patrolling officers found a broken window, smoke in one room, and signs that a bottle of accelerant had been hurled inside the building.
• The pro‑Iran group Harakat Ashab al‑Yamin al‑Islamiyya, which has posted a video of the Kenton incident, claimed responsibility as investigators assess any links to Iran.
• Prime Minister Keir Starmer called the attacks abominable and vowed to find those responsible, while police stepped up visible patrols near Jewish sites.
• The Kenton attack was the third suspected arson in a week, following an attempted attack on a Jewish‑linked business and earlier synagogue incidents, and it comes weeks after four Hatzola ambulances in Golders Green were burned and after two men were charged with hostile surveillance of Israeli and Jewish targets.