00:00The incidents are similar in nature.
00:02British counterterrorism police said on Sunday they are investigating possible links to Iran
00:07for a series of arson attacks on Jewish targets in London.
00:11Kenton United Synagogue in the Harrow area of the city was attacked shortly after midnight.
00:16It was the third such incident in a week.
00:19A pro-Iranian government group has said it was responsible.
00:23This is Vicky Evans, Britain's senior national coordinator for counterterrorism policing.
00:28Most have been claimed online by a group, Ashab al-Yamin, the Islamic Movement of the Companions of the Right.
00:37The same group in recent months have claimed attacks across Europe.
00:42The group, Harakat Ashab al-Yamin al-Islamiyah, or Movement of the Companions of the Right Hand of Islam,
00:49posted a video on social media purporting to show the Kenton attack.
00:53Chief Rabbi Efraim Mirvis said the fire did not cause any serious damage.
00:57They threw into the medical room a firebomb.
01:02There was smoke everywhere.
01:04I'm glad to say that the synagogue was not burned down.
01:08It's a beautiful synagogue.
01:09On Friday night, there was an attempted arson attack on a business premises with links to the Jewish community.
01:15And a few days prior, police arrested two suspects over an attempted arson attack on another London synagogue.
01:20In March, several ambulances belonging to a Jewish volunteer emergency service were torched.
01:26British Prime Minister Keir Starmer wrote on Exxon Sunday that he was appalled by the attempted anti-Semitic arson attacks.
01:32British police and security services have warned for a number of years of Iran hiring proxies to carry out attacks
01:38on its behalf.
01:40British Prime Minister Keir Starmer
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