Synagogue attack is condemned

THE Prime Minister has said he is “appalled” after another attempted arson attack at a northwest London synagogue, following a spate of similar incidents.

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Rabbi Yehuda Black (centre) identifies himself to a police officer as he enters the restricted zone outside the Kenton United Synagogue in Harrow, London, yesterday

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Counter-terror police are leading probes into multiple arson and attempted arson attacks at Jewish sites in the area in the past month.

Officers on “deterrence and reassurance patrols” in the wake of the previous incidents spotted damage to a window of Kenton United Synagogue, in Harrow, at around midnight on Saturday night.

A “bottle with some sort of accelerant had been thrown through the window” and smoke was seen inside a room, a Metropolitan Police spokesperson said.