UK police are investigating the arson of a London building once used by a Jewish charity following similar incidents in previous weeks.
The fire broke out late Friday in the north London area of Hendon, the Metropolitan Police said in a statement. The police were called to the scene after 10:30 p.m. on Friday, when a man was seen approaching a row of shops carrying a plastic bag. He placed a bag near the building before setting fire to the contents, according to police.
The bag was later found to contain three bottles “filled with liquid,” police said. When the bottles failed to ignite fully, the man fled the scene, according to police.
No one is hurt. Photos show the sign of the Jewish Futures educational organization still visible in the window of the building. The Community Security Trust, a charity that provides security advice to Jewish groups, said the fire “caused minor damage to a nearby door.”
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“We are aware of what appears to be another attempted arson attack, this time targeting premises in north London which have been used by the Jewish community,” the Community Security Trust said.
Police said the public can expect to see increased law enforcement in the area.
This attack is similar to recent incidents in the same area. Two people were arrested on Wednesday during the vandalism of a synagogue in North London.
At the end of March, four Jewish community ambulances were there burned in Golders Green, also in north London. Hamza Iqbal, 20, and Rehan Khan, 19, and a 17-year-old British-Pakistani who cannot be named because of his age, are all from east London. the case by burning and being put in custody in connection with that incident.
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Helen Flanagan, a member of the Durban Metropolitan Police’s counter-terrorism unit, said in a statement that the Hendon attack was “unrelated to other incidents in north-west London,” but said the unit was leading the investigation “due to the similarity of each attack.”
On Wednesday evening, an incendiary object was thrown at the offices of the Persian news agency Iran International, which is highly critical of Iran’s clerical leadership. It came to rest in the parking lot and no one was injured.
Unknown group Harakat Ashab al-Yamin al-Islamiyawith links to Iran, they claim responsibility for that as well as attacks on synagogues and ambulances, according to the SITE Intelligence Group.
Earlier, the group claimed to have carried out similar attacks in Belgium and the Netherlands.
The Community Security Trust recorded 3,700 antisemitic incidents in the United Kingdom in 2025, the second highest number ever reported to the organisation.
