North London synagogue ‘targeted by arsonists’ in latest attack on Jewish site

Police officers patrol at a cordon near to an incident at the Kenton United Synagogue in Harrow, north-west London (Picture: Jamie Lashmar/PA Wire)

A synagogue in north London has become the latest target of an arson attack against the Jewish community.

Police and fire crews responded to an attempted ‘firebombing’ at Kenton United Synagogue in Harrow overnight.

There was minor smoke damage to an internal room, but there were no injured or significant damage, the Community Security Trust (CST) said.

It comes after a spate of other incidents targeting the Jewish community.

There was an arson attack on a Jewish business in Hendon on Saturday, a few days after a synagogue in Finchley, north London, was struck by petrol bombs.

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