British teen told not to enter any synagogue after pleading guilty to arson attack

An attempted arson attack on Kenton United Synagogue in Harrow was the 4th antisemitic arson attack on the Jewish community in North London in less than a month.
(Picture: Amanda Rose / Avalon)

A teenage boy has been bailed after pleading guilty to an arson attack on a synagogue claimed by an Iranian sleeper cell operating across Europe.

The 17-year-old British national from Brent, north-west London, who has not been named because of his age, appeared at Westminster Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday.

He admitted to his charge of arson not endangering life.

A group that calls itself Harakat Ashab al-Yamin al-Islamia, the Islamic Movement of the C...