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UK police arrest two over arson attack at London memorial wall
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British police arrest two people in connection with an arson attack on a memorial wall in a north London area that is home to a large Jewish community.
A man, 46, and a woman, 38, are arrested in relation to the incident, which counterterrorism officers are investigating, on suspicion of arson, the police say in a statement.
The wall is dedicated to Israelis killed by the Hamas terror group and Iranians killed by the Islamic Republic.
The incident on April 27, which followed arson attacks on Jewish targets, took place in Golders Green, where ambulances belonging to a Jewish volunteer emergency service, Hatzola, had been torched.
Police have said they are investigating possible Iranian links to the arson attacks.
The stabbing of two Jewish men in the same area last week has heightened concerns about the community’s safety, prompting the government to raise the national terrorism threat level to “severe” from “substantial.”
Counterterrorism officers in the British capital are working on a number of investigations into incidents that have taken place in northwest London since the ambulance attack in March, police say.
A total of 30 arrests have been made and nine people have been charged since the March incident, in what police described as “the most intensive set of community operations it has ever run,” the statement says.
The Times of Israel Community.